716 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant: Boyd Alexander 
hundred and twenty-five birds fromN.W. Rhodesia, including 
the type of Paludipasser locustella, a new genus and species, 
discovered by Mr. Sheffield A. Neave ; purchased. Fourteen 
birds from South America, including examples of ten species 
new to the Collection ; presented by the Director of the 
Goeldi Museum, Para. Seventy-five birds from Venezuela 
(collected by Mr. J. Wayman); purchased. The type of 
Troglodytes cobbi , two nests, and thirty-four eggs from the 
Falkland Islands ; collected and presented by Mr. A. F. Cobb. 
Thirty birds from South America; presented by Lady Gipps. 
Sixty birds from Australia ; presented by Lady Gipps. One 
hundred and thirty-nine eggs and two nests from Australia 
(collected by Mr. T. Carter); purchased. One hundred and 
twenty birds from Bougainville Island and New Guinea 
(collected by Mr. A. S. Meek); purchased. Forty-nine 
birds from New Zealand (collected by Mr. Robin Kemp); 
purchased. 
XXXIV .—Boyd Alexander and his Ornithological Work. 
By W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, F\Z.S., M.B.O.U. 
(Plate XII.) 
The news of the tragic fate of Boyd Alexander, which 
reached London on the 24th of May, must have caused 
profound regret over the whole civilised world, as he was 
well known through his achievements both as a daring 
traveller and an accomplished writer. By none, however, 
will his loss be more deeply and truly mourned than by 
the British Ornithologists* Union, of which he was a 
distinguished and highly popular member. His charming 
personality and his character, so delightfully simple and 
so extraordinarily brave, endeared him to all who knew 
him, and his useful and valuable life could ill be spared. 
The first report of his death contained few details, but the 
news having come through official sources left no room 
for doubt that he had met with a violent end on the 2nd 
of April, while travelling on the confines of Wadai to the 
