It gives those engaged in the biological survey of Mount 

 Desert great pleasure to dedicate this volume to the mem- 

 ory of 



Charles Henry Fernald 



A PATRIOT, ZOOLOGIST, aud TEACHER 



Born at Southwest Harbor, Maine, March 16, 1839 

 Died at Amherst, Massachusetts, February 22, 1921 



A true son of the Maine coast, Professor Fernald went to sea 

 at the age of fifteen, spending six years on vessels engaged 

 in West Indian and coast trade. He then entered the Wes- 

 leyan Seminary to prepare for college, but on the opening 

 of the Civil War enlisted in the Navy where he served three 

 years, retiring with the rank of Ensign. Continuing his stud- 

 ies at every opportunity, he was able at the close of his serv- 

 ice to enter Bowdoin College. In 1871, Professor Fernald 

 became the first professor of natural history at the Maine 

 State College, now the University of Maine. While there he 

 studied at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, 

 Massachusetts, and under Louis Agassiz on Penikese Island. 

 After fifteen years of service in the Maine State College, he 

 resigned to accept the position of Professor of Zoology and 

 Entomology in the Massachusetts Agricultural College, retir- 

 ing in 1910. 



