[134] The distance between these places is about two miles. [135] The Duck-billed Platypus, _Ornithorynchus paradoxus_ of Australia.--E. C. [136] The Andean Eagle is undoubtedly the Harpy, _Thrasaetos harpyia_.--E. C. [137] Francois Athanase de Charette, a leader of the Vendeans against the French Republic; executed at Nantes, on May 12, 1797. [138] Children's Warbler. Plate xxxv. [139] Vigors' Warbler. Plate xxx. [140] Cuvier's Regulus. Plate lv. No bird was named after Temminck by Audubon. [141] This decision was made in consequence of various newspaper and personal attacks, which, then as now, came largely from people who knew nothing of the matter under consideration. It was a decision, however, never altered except in so far as regards the Episodes published in the "Ornithological Biography." [142] David Don, Scottish botanist, 1800-1840; at this time Librarian of Linnaean Society. [143] Thomas Nuttall, botanist and ornithologist; born in England 1786, died at St. Helen's, England, September 10, 1859. [144] Of all the twenty-six only three are known to be in existence; the other volumes now extant are all of later date. [145] Joshua Brookes, 1761-1833, anatomist and surgeon. [146] Captain (Sir) Edward Sabine accompanied Parry's expedition to the Arctic regions,--a mathematician, traveller, and Fellow of the Royal Society, 1819. Born in Dublin, 1788, died in Richmond, 1883. [147] Adam Sedgwick, geologist. 1785-1873. [148] William Whewell, 1795-1866, Professor of Moral Philosophy, Mineralogy, and other sciences. [149] John Stevens Henslow, botanist, 1796-1861. [150] Dr. John Kidd, 1775-1851, Professor of Chemistry and Medicine at Oxford. [151] Edward Burton, D.D., 1794-1836, Professor of Divinity at Oxford. [152] William Buckland, D.D., 1784-1856, geologist. [153] John Claudius Loudon, 1783-1843, writer on horticulture and arboriculture. In 1828-1836, editor of the "Magazine of Natural History." [154] Edward Turner Bennett, 1797-1836, zoologist. [155] William Swainson, naturalist and writer. Born in England 1789, emigrated in 1841 to New Zealand, where he died 1855. [156] This picture is still in the family, being owned by one of the granddaughters. [157] Francois Levaillant, born at Paramaribo, 1753; died in France, 1824. [158] John Edward Gray, 1800-1875, zoologist. [159] No trace of this portrait can be found. [160] George Chretien Leopold Frederic Dagobert Cuvier, Baron, 1769-1832; statesman, author, philosopher, and one of the greatest naturalists of modern times. [161] Achille Valenciennes, born 1794, French naturalist. [162] Etienne Geoffroy de St. Hilaire, 1772-1844, French naturalist. [163] Rene Primevere Lesson, a French naturalist and author, born at Rochefort, 1794, died 1849. [164] Isidore Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1805-1861, zoologist. [165] Son of Andre, Prince d'Essling and Duc de Rivoli, one of the marshals of Napoleon. [166] Charles Alexandre Le Sueur, French naturalist. 1778-1846.