Philip Lutley Sclater. 



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attendant at its meetings. He resigned the Secretaryship of the Zoological 

 Society in 1902 after forty-three years' tenure of that office, and retired to 

 his country house, Odiham Priory, in Hampshire, but was still a frequent 

 visitor at both the Natural History Museum and the Library of the 

 Zoological Society till shortly before his death. He continued a constant 

 attendant at the dinners of the British Ornithologists' Club, at which he 

 usually presided. At the last meeting, held on June 11, 1913, he was 

 presented by the club with an address, signed by nearly all the members, and 

 a piece of plate, in recognition of his services during the past twenty-one 

 years, but he was, unfortunately, too unwell to be present, as he was suffering 

 from a carriage accident, from the effects of which he died on June 27. 



Sclater married in 1862 Jane Anne Eliza, youngest daughter of Sir David 

 Hunter-Blair, Bart., of Blairquhan, Ayrshire, and leaves a widow and three 

 sons and one daughter. 



With a view to obtain collections of natural history, Sclater assisted in 

 promoting researches in foreign parts. Amongst these may specially be 

 mentioned Sir H. H. Johnston's expedition to Kilimanjaro, Prof. Balfour's 

 visit to Socotra, and many others. Sclater likewise travelled in many parts 

 of Europe and North America, visiting the museums, and making the 

 acquaintance of the principal zoologists. 



As before mentioned, he commenced his collection of birds while an 

 undergraduate at Oxford, at that time intending to include those from all 

 parts of the world, but afterwards resolved to confine himself to Central and 

 South America alone, limiting himself to the orders Passeres, Picariae, and 

 Psittaci. This collection, containing 8824 specimens, representing 3158 

 species, including many types, was ultimately acquired by the Natural 

 History Museum. 



Sclater received the honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the 

 University of Bonn in I860, and was made a Doctor of Science by the 

 University of Oxford in 1901. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal 

 Society in 1861, and served twice on the Council, was likewise a Fellow of 

 the Linnean, Geographical, and Geological Societies, and a member of 

 several other scientific societies both at home and abroad. 



Amongst the works published by Sclater may specially be mentioned 

 • A Monograph on the Tanagrine Genus Calliste' ' Zoological Sketches,' by 

 J. Wolf, with notes by P. L. Sclater, ' Exotic Ornithology,' by P. L. Sclater 

 and Osbert Salvia, and the ' Book of Antelopes,' by P. L. Sclater and 

 Oldfield Thomas. In addition to these, he published over 1200 papers in 

 various periodicals, chiefly on birds and mammals, besides many others in 

 conjunction with Osbert Salvin, Forbes, and 0. Thomas, etc. His last paper 

 in the 'Ibis' was issued in the January number, 1913, while his first in 

 the ' Zoologist ' in 1844. 



F. D. G. 



