464 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
a tease of Sparrows; a band of Swifts; a glitter of Goldfinches ; 
a cluster of Crows; a creep of Larks, feeding; a party of Tits; a 
glean of Pheasants.—SranutEy Lewis (Wells, Somerset). 
Some Notes on the Carrion-Crow: Correction.—Under the above 
heading (ante, p. 426), instead of reading: ‘‘She does not leave the 
nest in the same way as a Magpie does or a Ring-Plover,” read: She 
does not leave the nest in the same way as a Magpie does or a Ring- 
Dove.—Srantry Lewis (Wells, Somerset). 


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Ramsay Heatury Traquair, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., V.-P.B.S.E., | 
E.G.S., &e. 
In the ‘ Geological Magazine’ of June, 1909, an excellent account 
(with a striking photograph) of Dr. Traquair appeared, and at con- 
siderable length. Moreover, a shorter notice in the ‘Scotsman’ on 
Noy. 23rd, 1912, the day after his death, by a distinguished geologist, 
dealt also with his paleeozoological labours; whilst a third apprecia- 
tive notice by Dr. Smith Woodward in ‘ Nature, Nov. 28th, still 
further covers this aspect of his career; so that these will be curtly 
alluded to now. Born on July 30th, 1840, at the Manse of Rhynd, 
Perthshire, where his father was minister of the parish, his early 
education, after his father’s retirement, took place in Edinburgh. 
Even in his school days he preferred quiet walks in the neighbouring 
country—where he collected butterflies and moths, as well as ham- 
mered the shales at Wordie—to the athletic games of his compeers, for 
his naturally slight physique rendered him then and subsequently less 
fitted for such exercises. The study of medicine then was considered 
an admirable training in biological science, just as it is now, notwith- 
standing the narrow views of the late Scottish University Commis- 
sioners, and Traquair entered the University of Edinburgh in May, 
1857, when its fame as a Medical School was at its zenith. Of quiet 
and studious habits, and imbued with a love of nature, he yet at once 
found kindred spirits in the old dissecting-room of Goodsir, and 
formed friendships lasting for more than half a century with those 
who appreciated the genius and kindliness lurking under the reserved 
exterior. Asa student he did not enter the class-competitions, and 
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