122 J. H. MAIDEN. 
River, and at first lived at Cundle, afterwards removing to 
Taree, where he died about 1863. Taree friends say he was 
originally an Army doctor, and while on service he received 
a wound which lamed him and ever afterwards caused him 
to ride side-saddle. He had been in India and China. He 
used to ride a black pony, which took him all through 
Mitchell’s Expedition. He had a peculiar habit of whistling 
*‘in season and out of season.’’ He contributed some vege- 
table products (with notes) to the Paris Exhibition of 1855. 
See the Catalogue of the New South Wales exhibits p. 
71. The following species commemorates him:—Siebera 
Stephensonii, Benth., (Trachymene Stephensonii, Turcz.) 
T am indebted to the Revd. W. C. Hawkins and to Mr.G. 8. 
Hill, for some of the above particulars. 
Strange, Frederick (1826? — 1854). Born at Aylsham, 
Norfolk, Kngland, and murdered by aborigines at Percy 
Island, Queensland, 15th October, 1854. He was a 
collector of objects of Australian natural history, which 
he sold in Kngland and elsewhere. He devoted himself 
entirely to this work and met his death at an early age in 
this occupation. He specially devoted himself to birds, 
Shells and plants. He left a few scientific notes. They 
have been bound up ina pamphlet entitled, “ Literary 
Notices of the late Frederick Strange, Naturalist,’’ which 
has been lent to me by his son, Mr. F. R. Strange of 
Mosman, Sydney. They are:—‘‘ Port Cooper (New 
Zealand). A narrative of a trip sixty-four miles to the 
west of Port Cooper,’ by F. Strange, Naturalist. The 
trip lasted from Sunday, 4th March, 1849, to Saturday, 
10th. His observations were geographical, and included 
references to natural history, and were published in the 
Supplement of “‘Sydney Morning Herald,’’ 26th January, 
1850). ‘* Family Columbide or Pigeons,’’ from “‘ Notes on 
the brush birds of Australia,’ by F. Strange, Naturalist. 
(‘Moreton Bay Oourier,”’ 4th July, 1851). ‘* Ptilorus 
