The Record of 1910 



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that probably marks the termination of his active work in bird pro- 

 tection, which has extended over a period of twenty-five years. 



Among those who died were: Feb. ii, John F. Ferry of the Field 

 Columbian Museum, an associate of the American Ornithological Union, 

 who had collected in Illinois, California, and Venezuela, and published 

 several papers on the birds of these regions. 



April lo, A. O'D. Taylor, of Newport, R. I., President of the Newport 

 Natural History Society and for several years a member of the Rhode 

 Island Commission of Birds. 



Aug. 23, W. E. D. Scott, of Princeton, for many years curator of the 

 department of ornithology at Princeton, but better known by his field work 

 in Arizona and Florida and his graphic account of the destruction of plume 

 birds in the latter state, and in recent years by his experimental work 

 with birds in captivity. 



Dec. 6, Dr. C. O. Whitman, of Chicago, eminent in research work in 

 zoology, and best known to ornithologists by his investigations in con- 

 nection with pigeons. 



Dec. 9, Manly Hardy, of Brewer. Maine, a well-known naturalist and 

 student of Maine birds 



RUFFED GROUSE AFTER DRUMMING 



Photographed by S. S. S. Stansell, Edmonton, B. C. 



