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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



The Audubon Monument in Trinity 

 Cemetery. 



New York City. 

 To the Editor : 



Replying to your request for infor- 

 mation with regard to the Audubon 

 monument in the Trinity Cemetery on 



155th Street, I would say that the idea 

 of erecting a suitable monument to 

 this celebrated ornithologist seems to 

 have originated with the late Pro- 

 fessor Thomas Egleston in 1885. Act- 

 ing on suggestion from Prof. Egles- 

 ton, Professor Daniel S. Martin laid the 

 proposition before the American As- 

 sociation for the Advancement of 

 Science at its meeting of August, 1887. 

 The Association took no action, how- 

 ever, and in October, 1887, Professor 

 .Martin laid the matter before the New 

 York Academy of Sciences; and a 

 committee consisting of Thomas Eg- 

 leston, Chairman, N. L. Britton and D. 

 S. Martin was appointed to raise the 

 necessary funds and to have charge 

 of the whole affair. You will find the 

 history of the undertaking as prepared 

 by Professor Egleston in the Trans- 

 actions of the New York Academy of 

 Sciences, Volumn 13, page 41. 



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