14 The Hninming Bird. 



Henry Whitely, Traveller-Naturalist, died on the nth 

 of July, 1893, in the interior of British Guiana, at the early 

 age of 49 years. Whitely was born at Woolwich, England, 

 on June i8th, 1844. He made his first expedition to Japan in 

 1864, and the ornithological results were published in the Ibis. 

 But it was in Peru, on the Amazons, and in British Guiana, 

 where he resided mostly, and made many wonderful discoveries 

 of new species of birds. Among them may be cited : — 

 Oreonympha NOBILIS, Gould, one of the rarest and finest 

 species known. LOPHORXIS PAVONINUS, Salv., another 

 remarkable and fine species; Hylocharis giiianensis, Boucard; 

 Uranomitra whitelyi, Boucard; Amazilia cupreicauda, Salv.; 

 Aglaeactis caiimatonata, Gould; I olaema whitely ana, Gould; 

 Hemistephania guianeiisis, Boucard ; Milornis rupiiyiinii, 

 Boucard ; Eremita ivhitelyi, Boucard ; and many others. 



The result of his collectina- was described chieflv in 

 Gould's Monograph of the Humming Birds, the Ibis, Pro- 

 ceedings of the Zoological Society of London, and in the 

 Humming Bird. 



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Besides birdskins he also made large collections of insects, 

 chiefly Colcoptera and Lepidoptera, among which were many 

 new species. He was a prince among collectors, and all 

 that he collected was in the finest condition. The make up 

 of his birdskins cannot be surpassed. 



I was fortunate enough to acquire from his father, Mr. 

 Henry Whitely, a very large series of skins prepared by 

 his son, and I rank them among the most precious of my 

 collection. 



The death of Whitely in the prime of his life is a great 

 loss to science. 



Marie Francois Sadi Carnot, President of the French 

 Republic, died at Lyon on the 25th of June, 1894, at twenty- 

 minutes-past-twelve in the night, from a wound inflicted by 

 the vile murderer Casario. 



It was with the utmost stupefaction and distress, not only 

 in France, but in all the world that the death of Carnot was 

 heard of. 



Of all the men, Carnot was the last one for whom a fatal 

 end could have been expected. No one has ever been more 

 popular than him and more fitted to occupy the Presidency of 

 the French Republic. He was a gentleman among gentlemen, 

 always worthy, affable, and courteous to all who approached 



