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on John Krider and in New York on D. G. Elliot. In 

 Boston, in October, he attended a meeting of the Natural 

 Historj'^ Society. It was in that year that Mr. Boardman 

 began correspondence with many eminent naturalists, 

 among them D. G. Elliot, A. E. Verrill, Dr. T. M. 

 Brewer, Elliot Coues, H. E. Dresser of Eondon, Eng. 

 and John Krider, a commercial bird-man who was a 

 well-informed ornithologist with whom Mr. Boardman 

 exchanged birds and eggs for many years. On May 1*4, 

 1862, Mr. H. E. Dresser, the eminent English ornitholo- 

 gist, visited Mr. Boardman for the first time and remained 

 some days. 



In 1862 the results of Mr. Boardman's observations and 

 studies in the ornithology of the St. Croix valley were 

 first published to the scientific world. Previous to this 

 he had for ten years been carrying on his studies of the 

 fauna of his locality with ever increasing interest and 

 yet with so much privacy that it was only within a few 

 years prior to 1862 that naturalists in other parts of the 

 country had been aware of the extent and value of his 

 notes. Entered upon wholly for his own enjoyment 

 and as a pleasure and recreation from the cares of a large 

 business, his observations in ornithology now attracted 

 the attention of those engaged in similar studies who 

 had acquired wide scientific reputation. Moreover, 

 Mr. Boardman's correspondence with naturalists and his 

 visits to the natural history societies of the various cities 

 had brought him into prominence and accorded him 

 welcome to their collections and their meetings. 



A "Catalogue of the Birds found in the Vicinity of 

 Calais, Maine, and about the Islands at the Mouth of the 

 Bay of Fundy, by George A. Boardman," was published 



