Society.' These notes are written up to 31st July, 1898. We previously referred to his last census of twelve months ago ('Zoologist,' 1897, p. 533). He is now able to increase his enumeration of birds represented by the following remains:—
| Skins | 80 | or | 82. |
| Skeletons, more or less complete | 23 | or„ | 24. |
| Detached bones | 862 | or„ | 874. |
| Physiological preparations | 2 | or„ | 3. |
| Eggs | 71 | or„ | 72. |
Sir John Murray has presented to the British Museum the first set of the Natural History Collections made by Mr. C.W. Andrews during his year's stay on Christmas Island, 200 miles south of Java.
W. Wesley & Son, 28, Essex Street, Strand, London, have just issued a new Catalogue, being No. 132 of their Natural History and Scientific Book Circular, which gives a descriptive and classified list of 1500 books and pamphlets on the Natural History of Great Britain and Ireland. We believe that it is the first catalogue of this character which has been published. The arrangement under the names of the English counties, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, will be found of interest to collectors of local fauna and flora.
We regret to announce the death of Professor George J. Allman, M.D., E.R.S., formerly Regius Professor of Natural Science in the Edinburgh University, which took place at Ardmore, Parkstone, Dorset, on Nov. 24th. Professor Allman, who was born in Cork in 1812, was the eldest son of Mr. James Alimau, of Bandon, County Cork. He was educated at Belfast Academical Institution, and resolved on studying for the Irish Bar. Before, however, he had completed his terms, the love of natural science caused him to abandon law tor medicine, and he accordingly graduated in Arts and Medicine in the University of Dublin in 1844. In the same year he was appointed Regius Professor of Botany in the University, and gave up all idea of practising medicine as a profession. In 1854 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, and in 1855 he resigned his professorship in the University of Dublin on being appointed Regius Professor of Natural History and Keeper of the Natural History Museum in the University of Edinburgh. This post he held until 1870, and shortly afterwards the honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by the Edinburgh University. Professor Allman devoted the greater part of his life to investigating the lower organisms of the animal kingdom. The large col-
