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this period he published a long series of communications, 
chiefly relating to Birds, in the ‘ Journal fiir Ornithologie,’ 
the ‘ Proceedings of the Zoological Society,’ and ‘ The Ibis/ 
As will be seen by reference to our Indexes, the papers which 
he wrote in this Journal were numerous. Meyer had many 
English friends and spoke our language excellently. The 
principal separate works that he published were f On the 
Birds of Celebes and the Neighbouring Islands 3 (in con¬ 
junction with his English Assistant, Mr. L. W. Wigles- 
worth), and his • Abbildungen der Vogelskeleten/ Next to 
Ornithology, Anthropology was his favourite pursuit, and he 
wrote many Ethnological papers. 
In 1893, Meyer gave up his position at Dresden and retired 
to Berlin, where he is said to have been busily engaged in 
linguistic studies and in various antiquarian explorations. 
One of Meyer’s most useful and most successful pieces of 
work was his invention of the “ Dresden Case.” Eor over 
tweuty years he worked at the construction of an ideal 
museum-case which should keep out insects and dust, and 
yet allow the spectator a clear sight of its contents. This 
w r as a very difficult problem, but Meyer solved it more 
nearly than anyone else had done, and “ Dresden Cases ” of 
glass and iron are now well known all over the civilized 
world. 
Besides being a member of most of the learned Societies 
on the Continent, Meyer was a Corresponding Member of 
the Zoological Society of London (since 1878) and a Foreign 
Member of our Union (1881), and was always ready to favour 
his English friends with information. 
Dr. Carl Parrot. 
Carl Philip August Parrot, the President of the Bavarian 
Ornithological Society, died at Munich on the 28th of 
January, 1911, after a short illness. The son of Dr. Jean 
Parrot, he was born at Castell (Lower Franconia) on the 
1st February, 1867, and thus, at the time of his death, 
