130 J. H. MAIDEN. 
in H.M.S. ‘ Blazer,’’ which conveyed Sir John Franklin on 
his last and ill-fated expedition in 1845. On his return he 
was on board H.M.S. *‘ Rattlesnake,’”’ under Capt. Stanley 
as collector in the interests of the Norwich Museum, his 
period of service with this ship extending from December, 
1846 to 1850. During the cruise he visited the north and 
north-east coast of Australia, the south coast of New 
Guinea, and part of the Arafura Sea. He also visited 
Brazil, Mauritius, the Cape and Tasmania, then went from 
Moreton Bay to Port Essington. His ship convoyed the 
Kennedy Expedition to Rockingham Bay and he remained 
with the ill-fated leader for 3 weeks. The ‘‘Rattlesnake’”’ 
then went to the Louisades, New Guinea, etc., and the 
cruise was terminated by the death of Capt. Stanley in 
Sydney. Mr. Wilcox was then engaged in natural history 
pursuits in New South Wales, married in 1851, was engaged 
in business in Sydney for 5 years and went to South Grafton 
early in 1856, finally settling there in 1857. He was 
Commissioner at the Melbourne Exibition of 1866, and 
exhibited many specimens illustrative of the natural history 
of the Olarence, Richmond and Tweed Rivers at that 
Exhibition and also that of Paris, 1867. He was a corres- 
pondent of Mueller and a coajutor of Macgillivray and 
Carron. He made many expeditions on the northern rivers 
after birds and plants, and with his son, James Clarence, 
went to New Guinea in 1876 with the same objects in 
view. He is commemorated by the plant Pleiococca 
Wilcoxiana, K.v.M. Iam indebted to Mr. D. J. Lobban, 
of Grafton for some of the above biographical information. 
Woolls, William (1814-1893). Born at Winchester, 
England, March, 1814, and died at Burwood, Sydney, March 
1893. Ph.D. (Gottingen), F.L.S. Arrived in New South 
Wales 1832; was immediately offered a mastership in the 
newly founded King’s School at Parramatta. In 1873 he 
