134 The Bumming Bird. 



sent from all parts to Her Majesty the Queen, and to their 

 Royal Highnesses, Prince and Princess of Wales. 



He was temporally buried at Windsor, on the 20 th of Ja- 

 nuary. Business was entirely stopped in London during the 

 day of the funeral, and tokens of mourning were conspicuous 

 everyhere. 



Religious Ceremonies were celebrated in Paris, in all the 

 European Capitals, and in many other places. 



1892. — February 16 th , Henry Walter Bates, Traveller 

 Naturalist, Fellow of the Royal Society, Assistant Secretary 

 of the Geographical Society, etc., died in London, aged 67 

 (See Humming Bird ,Vol. II, p.p. 24-26). 



1892. — March 7 th , Etienne Arago, Keeper of the Luxem- 

 bourg Museum, died in Paris, aged 89, after an illness 

 which kept him three months in bed. — He was brother of 

 the illustrious astronomer Francois Arago. Both were born 

 at Estagel (Pyrénées-Orientales). First he studied chimistry, 

 but soon left it for literature. About one hundred of his plays 

 were represented in various theatres. He has also publis- 

 hed a very interesting work, 1'Hotel de Ville de Paris au 

 4 Septembre et pendant le Siège. In February 1871 , he was 

 elected Deputy for the Department of Pyrénées-Orientales ; 

 but he soon resigned to resume his literary works. 



1892. — May 2 d , Hermann- Charles Burmeister, Ex-Direc- 

 tor of the National Museum of Buenos-Ayres, Argentine Repu- 

 blic, died at Buenos-Ayres, at the age of 85, from the result of 

 an accident. — Hermann -Charles-Conrad Burmeister was 

 born at Stralsund in 1817. Whilst a student of Medicine at 

 Halle, he studied Zoology under Nitsch, and took his degree of 

 Doctor in Philosophy in 1 829. In 1842, he succeeded Nitsch to 

 the Chair of Zoology at Halle, and continued there till 1848; 

 but long before that he had become well known by his wri- 

 tings, especially on Entomology. His Handbuch der Entomo- 

 logie, which he began in 1832, and finished in 1817, is with 

 the History of Creation, 18i3, amongst his most important 

 works. About 1850, he vent to Brazil where he spent two 

 years collecting. Later on, he returned to South America, 

 and became Director of the National Museum of Buenos- 

 Ayres, which post he occupied until shortly before his death. 



In 1861, he published his Reise durch die la Plata Staaten, 

 in two volumes, the second of which is devoted to a Synopsis 

 of theVertebrates of the Argentine Republic. He also publis- 

 hed in the « Anales del Museo publico de Buenos-Ayres », 

 some very interesting notes on the wonderful Mammals of 

 the Argentine tertiaries. 



Doctor Carlos Berg, his former Assistant, has succeeded 

 qim in the Directorship of the Museum. 



