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42 nant native breed (Celtic Shorthorn) after the legionaries had been withdrawn, and selection and breeding had become impossible."

Dec. 6th we received the following note from Mr. Rowland Ward:—"A few days ago a male specimen (adult) of the Golden Eagle was sent to me for preservation by Mr. S. Lewis, of Wells, Somerset. The bird had been trapped in the north of Scotland, and yielded the following measurements:—Wing, 25 in. in length; head to tip of tail, 32 in." This was subsequently published in 'The Field,' and the following note has also appeared on the subject:—"The Eagle mentioned by Mr. Tegetmeier in Saturday's 'Field' appears to have continued its peregrinations after its demise. It was sent from Scotland along with a couple of Buzzards to a Yorkshire natural history dealer, was offered to me, then sent down to Wells, in Somersetshire, and now appears to be finally reposing at Mr. Rowland Ward's. I did not see the bird.—"

rejoice to read, in the January number of 'The Annals of Scottish Nat. Hist.,' of a proposed memorial to the late William MacGillivray, M.D., LL.D., who died in Aberdeen in September, 1852, and was buried in New Calton Burying-ground in Edinburgh. "To the present hour his grave is not marked even by an ordinary tombstone. There is nothing to indicate the spot save four low corner-stones, each bearing the letters 'W. M.'"

Some months ago a meeting was called of all who cherish the memory of Dr. Macgillivray, which resulted in the appointment of a Committee charged with the duty of issuing a circular to his surviving students and others likely to be interested in the proposal, collecting subscriptions, and erecting a memorial at his grave, any balance to be spent in commemorating him also in Marischal College.

It is proposed not only to erect a churchyard memorial—"simple if it would be in keeping with the character of the man to be commemorated," but also to found a Macgillivray Gold Medal in the University of Aberdeen, to be given as a prize to the best student in Zoology, Botany, or Geology; or to former students for the best original research work; or for the best series of specimens worthy of being placed in the Natural History Museum, or the Botanical Museum, of the University.

Subscriptions may be forwarded to the Rev. Dr. Farquharson, Selkirk, or to the Editors of the Ann. of Scottish Nat. Hist. Edinburgh.

to the unique and extremely interesting nature of the fauna in Lake Tanganyika, the study of which was recently the object of an expedi-