Klein,A. J.

Lynes,Rear-Admiral

Poulton, Edward Bagnall,

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OBITUARY.
THE LATE REAR-ADMIRAL LYNES, C.B. AdmiralLynes,
the authorityon that difficult group of birds, the Cisticolae
(Grass-warblers),died in Englandon November10th,1942.He
visitedKenyain 1937,whenherenderedmuchassistanceto the
CoryndonMuseumin bothfieldandlaboratorywork andmade
a handsomedonationtowards-thecost of one of the habitat
groupsin the ExhibitionHall. Many of our membershadthe
privilegeof his personalfriendship.
THE LATE SIR EDWARD POULTON, F.R.S. Sir Edward
Poulton,alife-memberof the Societydied on November20th,
1943,at the agecif 871.A staunchexponentof ,Darwinism,he
was HopeProfessorof Zoologyat Oxfordfrom'1893-1933.His
maininterestlay in thecolorationof animalsand,in particular,
mimicry.An articlefromhispen,onPapilio dardanus,appeared
in this Journal (No.20,4).
THE LATE A. J. KLEIN. A. J. Klein wasa memberof the
Societyfrom 1910until the time of his death. Trained as a
taxidermist,hecameto theColonyandfor manyyearsfollowed
theprofessionof a WhiteHunter. In this capacityhe collected
extensivelyfor theAmericanMuseumof NaturalHistory,New
York, aswell asconductingmanysafarifor wealthyAmericans.
Soonafter the outbreakof war he undertookthe collectionof
shark livers for their oil and at the time of his deathwas
intimatelyassociatedwith the GovernmentFishing Stationat
Shimoni.
Thedeathsofthreeotherwell-knownnaturalistsarereported.
ProfessorEinar L6nnberg,who diedon October21st,1942,was
the authorof manypaperson African vertebrates.Mr. H. F.
Witherby,M.B.E., ornithologistandmemberof thewell-known
publishingfirmofworksonNaturalHistory,H. F. & G. Witherby,
died on December11th,1943.The deathof Sir David Prain,
directorof theRoyalBotanicGardens,Kew, occurredonMarch
16th,1944.' .
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