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Dr. Hewitt was the recipient of many honors 

 from scientific societies; he was a past president 

 of the American Association of Economic Ento- 

 mologists, of the Entomological Society of Ontario 

 and the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club; a Fellow 

 and Treasurer of the Royal Society of Canada, 

 etc., etc. The gold medal of the Royal Society 

 for the Protection of Birds was presented to Dr. 

 Hewitt in March, 1918, in recognition of his ser- 

 vices in furthering the Migratory Bird Treaty be- 

 tween the United States and Canada. He wrote 

 more than a hundred papers on scientific subjects, 

 the best known being his book on the House-fly. 

 A book on Wild Life in Canada is in course of 

 publication at the present time. 



Dr. Hewitt was married to Elizabeth Borden, 

 daughter of late Surgeon General Sir Frederick 



Borden, of Canning, Nova Scotia, in whom he 

 found a ready helpmate and an inspiration for 

 the work he had so much at heart. 



His untimely death, on February 29lh, 1920, at 

 the age of 35, closed a career of marked achieve- 

 ment and one of great future promise. The loss 

 to the Entomological Branch is one that only 

 those in close touch with the work can estimate, 

 but the foundation for future progress has been well 

 laid so that those who follow can confidently 

 build upon the structure so ably begun. 



Norman Criddle. 



A more detailed obituary notice prepared iDy 

 Artliur Gib.son and J. M. Swaine. was publislied in 

 the May, 1920, issue of tlie Canadian Entomologist, 

 tcjgether with a list of the wr-itings of the late Dr. 

 Hewitt, compiled by C. B. Hutfhings. 



JOHN MACOUN MEMORIAL. 



At the request of naturalists generally through- 

 out Canada, the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 

 has decided to receive subscriptions for a perma- 

 nent memorial in honour of the late Prof. John 

 Macoun, Naturalist of the Geological Survey of 

 Canada, who died at Sidney, B.C., on July 18, 

 1920. 



The wide field of natural history work to which 

 John Macoun devoted his life is well known, not 

 only throughout Canada but in other countries as 

 well. He specialized particularly in botany and 

 was the founder of the Canadian National herbari- 

 um. Other sciences, however, specially zoology, 

 were also greatly enriched by him; he will always 

 be remembered as a great pioneer in Canadian 

 natural history. 



Many friends of the late John Macoun, particu- 



larly in Toronto and Ottawa have thought that the 

 memorial should take the form of a painted portrait 

 to be hung in the Victoria Memorial Museum. Such 

 a memorial has now been decided upon and a paint- 

 ing will be made by Mr. Franklin Brownell of 

 Ottawa, the well-known portrait painter. Expen- 

 ses m connection therewith will be about $700. 



Subscriptions to this fund should be forwarded to 

 Mr. Arthur Gibson, Dominion Entomologist, 

 Ottawa. 



Should the list be oversubscribed arrangements 

 may be made whereby those subscribing above a 

 certain sum, which now cannot be defined, will re- 

 ceive a reproduction of the painting. A list of 

 those who subscribe will be published in the Can- 

 adian Field-Naturalist. 



A.G. 



REVIEWS. 



THE AUK FOR 1920, VOL. XXXVII. 



During the year 1920 the following titles of in- 

 terest to Canadian ornithologists, either for author- 

 ship or subject matter, have appeared: 



NO. 1. JANUARY. 



In Memoriam: William Brewster, born July 5, 

 1851, died July IL 1919. By Henry Witherbee 

 Henshaw, 2 plates, pp. 1-23. 



William Brewster An Appreciation. By John 

 George Gehring, pp. 24-28. 



Wm. Brewster, the Dean of American ornithol- 

 ogy was probably better known personallj' to the 

 past than to the present generation of Canadian 



naturalists. He largely influenced Canadian orni- 

 thology through Vennor, Chamberlain, Boardman, 

 Mcllwraith, &c., even to the present generation of 

 those fortunate enough to know him. The rest of 

 us know his writings and the affection with which 

 he was generally regarded through which he still 

 lives. Funds for a Brewster Memorial have been 

 raised by subscriptions from both sides of the line. 

 This is to take the form of a gold medal to be 

 awarded semi-annually for outstanding work on 

 birds of the Western Hemisphere. It is in keeping 

 that the medal has been designed by Brewster's 

 life-long friend, Daniel C. French, the sculptor. 



