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OBITUARY. 



Edwaed Williams. 



The death of Mr. Edward Williams, of Dublin, which took place 

 on Dec. 15th last, has been very deeply regretted. He was a man of 

 much natural talent and artistic skill, born with a love for the study of 

 nature, coupled with a strong desire to mount specimens in the most 

 life-like attitudes possible. As a taxidermist, Williams was practically 

 a self-taught man, originating many methods of his own. As a child 

 of ten he could mount small birds, and before reaching manhood could 

 produce work of a professional character. When little more than 

 twenty he gave up his original business, and made taxidermy not 

 merely a hobby, but a means of livelihood. He was exceptionally 

 successful in his career, being recognized for the past quarter of a 

 century as a taxidermist of the first water. He was the designer of 

 the life-groups in the National Museum, Dublin, and the loss which 

 that institution has sustained by his death is very great indeed. 

 Williams was passionately fond of birds ; he used to sit for hours 

 watching their habits, both in a state of nature, and in captivity in a 

 well-stocked aviary which he possessed. He was one of the highest 

 authorities on the habits and occurrences of Irish birds, and the many 

 notes and papers which he has published have been found useful and 

 trustworthy to compilers. 



Edward Williams possessed a sweet personality, his friendship was 

 absolutely sincere, and his kind and earnest features will remain 

 stamped indelibly in the memories of those who knew him. He passed 

 away in his fifty-seventh year, after a very brief and painless illness. 



C. J. P. 



The Rev. Joseph Greene, M.A. 



This well-known British lepidopterist recently passed away at his 

 residence, Rostrevor, Clifton, Bristol, at the age of eighty-two. He was 

 an old contributor to 'The Zoologist,' writing in these pages as long 

 ago as 1850 ; but it was in the volume for 1857 (p. 5382) that his well- 

 known paper "On Pupa Digging" appeared, a publication which is 

 still the best and most consulted on the subject. 



