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48 A new fish has come to light. In the 'East London Dispatch' the menu of the St. Andrew's dinner is thus reproduced:—Soup— Cockie Leekie and Clear. Fish—Scotch Haggis.

regret to announce the death of Mr. Henry Stacy Marks, R.A., which occurred at his house near Regent's Park on Sunday, Jan. 9th. He was born in London on Sept. 13th, 1829. His diploma picture, "Science is Measurement," is one of his most characteristic paintings. It shows an old naturalist, himself almost a skeleton, measuring the skeleton of a huge bird, and combines the artist's dry humour with his knowledge of bird anatomy. Every visitor to the Duke of Westminster's fine home at Eaton Hall will remember the twelve panels of birds—gorgeous in colouring, accurate in drawing—which adorn that palatial residence. It was as a painter of curious and humorous bird-life that Mr. Stacy Marks was supreme. He studied the quarter of the birds at the "Zoo" with untiring patience, and the result was to be seen in several Academy canvases and in more than one private exhibition of water-colour studies, remarkable for dexterity of handling, colour, and humour. Mr. Marks's favourite bird-sitter probably was the Adjutant Stork, but Flamingoes always found in him a congenial painter, and his Parrots, Cockatoos, and Macaws are very highly prized possessions of those collectors lucky enough to secure them.