144 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
From the last Annual Report of the Limerick Field Club we learn 
that “the capture of a fine specimen of the Royal Sturgeon (Acipenser 
sturio) was made on July 8th last, by fishermen, near the mouth of the 
Maigue River, its length heing about 10 feet, and its estimated weight 
between four and five hundredweight. 
In “ Social Hours with Celebrities,” being the third and fourth volumes 
of ‘Gossip of the Century,’ by the late Mrs. W. Pitt Byrne, edited by her 
sister, Miss R. H. Busk, are some interesting reminiscences of Charles 
Waterton. His ‘ Wanderings,’ a book which had a large circulation, and 
was in every way successful, never brought its author a penny. The 
writer of ‘“‘Social Hours with Celebrities” tells of going to his pub- 
lishers with Waterton and inspecting the books and finding that the 
balance was against the naturalist. In his own grounds we read that 
“the Peacocks on the lawn, however depressing the weather, seemed to 
vie with each other the moment they saw him approach, in strolling 
eagerly forward, and spreading out the glory of their fantails for his 
delectation. Most remarkable of all, however, was it in the woods, where 
it was impossible not to believe the birds recognized their benefactor when 
one saw them come out to meet him, flying about him as he walked, 
settling on his shoulder, and even on his hand when he held it out to 
them, while a call from his voice would bring them from any distance.” It 
is said that when his body was being conveyed in a boat across the lake for 
burial in a sequestered nook of the park, which he had himself selected, 
“a flight of birds suddenly appeared, gathering as it went, and followed the 
boat to its destination.” 
Dr. Nicoraus KLEINENBERG, Professor of Zoology and Comparative 
Anatomy at the Royal University of Palermo, died on Nov. 5th last, at 
Naples, in his fifty-fourth year. He was born in the Baltic Provinces, 
whence he came to live in Italy about twenty years ago. His fame as an 
embryologist obtained his appointment at the University of Messina in 
1882, from which he was transferred to Palermo. In 1888 he was 
appointed a member of the ‘“ Commissione consultiva per la pesca,” to 
which, in addition to his scientific knowledge, he brought a large amount 
of practical information acquired by continual intercourse with fishermen. 
As a supporter of “ experimental zones,” he was appointed by the Minister 
of Agriculture to formulate the plan of studies to be pursued at the 
establishments in the Gulf of Castellamare and of Termini Imerse. 
The above particulars are taken from ‘Giornale Italiano di Pesca e 
Acquicoltura.’ 
