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be based not alone on the form of the shell, but primarily on anatomi- 
cal characters. : 
Dr. Fischer was Chevalier de la Légion d’ Honneur since 1871; Offi- 
cier del’ Instruction Publique since 1881. He had obtained several 
prizes at the Académie des Sciences de Paris, and had been President 
of the Zoological and Geological Societies of France. He possessed 
deep erudition, was a charming talker, and after having treated a sub- 
ject belonging to the domain of natural science or of medicine, he was 
far from embarrassed if he had to discuss philosophy, literature or 
esthetics. The death of this savant who was as affable as he was mod- 
est, has been a cause for general regret and for deep mourning among 
his large circle of friends—EpmMonp BORDAGE. 
Dr. Samuel Lockwood, of Freehold, New Jersey, Died in Jan- 
uary, 1894, at an advanced age. Dr. Lockwood was a frequent con- 
tributor to the scientific journals, and was well-known as an enthusias- 
tic observer. His animal biographies will always be read with pleasure. 
They are scattered through various periodicals, but the NATURALIST 
probably published the majority. Such were the History of the Mock- 
ing-bird in New Jersey; the Singing Mouse; The Pine Snake; The 
Coati, ete. Dr. Lockwood was, for many years, a clergyman at Key- 
port, N. J., and subsequently became superintendent of the public 
schools of Monmouth Co., N. J. His interest in education was as great 
as it was in scientific research. He saved many valuable specimens 
for scientific study, among which was the type of Plesiosaurus lockwoodit 
of the Cretaceous beds, and the bones of the huge Dinosaur, Ornitho- 
tarsus immanis. 
Mr. Samuel N. Rhoads, of Haddonfield, New Jersey, announ- 
ces that he has discovered a perfect copy (2 vols.) of the long lost 
“Second American Edition” of Guthrie’s Geography, published in 
1815. This edition is the one which contains the part on American 
Zoology, by the celebrated naturalist, George Ord, where, for the first 
time, binomial scientific names are imposed upon several species of 
American Mammals and Birds. The article on Zoology is Mr. Ord’s 
private annotated copy, and is intact within the second volume. A 
reprint of this copy is now being prepared for publication by Mr. 
Rhoads, to be ready for distribution in February. The reprint will 
be an exact reproduction of the original, and will include also com- 
ments on the marginal annotations, which, there is no doubt, wer 
made by Mr. Ord himself. 
