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very much for Zoology. He named eight of the birds in the 

 Colorado list, and is remembered also in connection with the 

 mammals. Four names in our list are due to Dr. Edgar A. 

 Mearns (1856-1916) a worker of the modern period, who is better 

 known for his writings on the mammals. He also did important 

 work on the zoology of the Philippine Islands. Finally, I find 

 no less than 35 names due to Dr. Robert Ridgway, born in 1850, 

 ornithologist of the U. S. National Museum, and author of the 

 great monographic work in many volumes, Birds of North and 

 Middle America. Surely, since the death of Baird, the following 

 thirty years may be called the period of Ridgway. 



