William Mcgillivray, a Scottish naturalist, born in the isle of Harris in 1796, died in Aberdeen, Sept. 5, 1852. In 1823 he was appointed assistant professor of natural history in the university of Edinburgh, and subsequently conservator of the museum of the royal college of surgeons. In 1841 he was made professor of natural history in Marischal college, Aberdeen, which office he held till his death. He published "Lives of Eminent Zoologists" (1834); " History of British Birds " (1837-'52); " Mammalia " (vol. vii. of Jardine's " Naturalist's Li-brarv," 1838); "Manual of Geology" (1839); "Manual of Botany" (1840; new ed., 1853); "Molluscous and Cirripedal Animals of Scotland " (1843); and a number of papers on natural history. At the time of his death he was engaged on a work entitled " The Natural History of Dee-side and Braemar," illustrative of the vicinity of the royal residence at Balmoral. The manuscript was purchased by the queen, who caused it to be printed in 1856.