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range over the whole field of zoology. His separately pub- 

 lished works are few, and he is chiefly known for the 

 following : " Spicilegia Zoologica," " Zoological Miscellany/' 

 " Gleanings from the Knowsley Menagerie," " Illustrations of 

 Indian Zoology, from General Hardwicke's Collection," " Cata- 

 logue of Star-fish in the British Museum," and " The Lizards 

 of New Zealand and Australia." The latter was a re-issue, 

 with additional plates of the illustrations to the " Reptilia," of 

 the " Voyage of the Erebus and Terror," an account of which 

 he had contributed to the zoological portion of that voyage. 

 He also described the mammalia in the Sulphur and Samarang 

 voyages. No notice of Dr. Gray's career would be complete 

 without a word respecting the British Museum catalogues, all 

 of which have been published since he was Keeper of the 

 department, and which now fill three goodly library shelves. 

 Many of the most important were contributed by Dr. Gray 

 himself, the best known beino- the catalogues of the " Seals and 

 Whales," " Monkeys, Lemurs, and Fruit- eating Bats," " Carni- 

 vorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mammalia, 1869 ; " 

 "Ruminant Animals (Pecora), 1872 ;" "Catalogue of Lizards," 

 " Shield Reptiles," the last of his contributions being a " Hand- 

 list of Shield Reptiles," published in 1873. 



Dr. Gray retired from the keepership of the zoological de- 

 partment in December last, having completed his fifty years 

 of service in the Museum, so that he has survived his retire- 

 ment scarcely three months. He is succeeded in the keeper- 

 ship by Dr. Albert Gunther, F.R.S. 



From the " Queen." 



We have to record the death of a gentleman who has been 

 long and honourably known in the world of scientific research 

 in the person of Dr. John Edward Gray, the distinguished 

 naturalist, who died on Sunday, having just completed his 

 seventy-fifth year. The second son of the late Mr. Samuel 

 Frederick Gray, the author of the " Supplement to the 

 PharmacojDoeia," and other works on chemistry, Dr. Gray was 



