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TllK OSPKKY. 



KiXMU ihiN tal'U- it will lu- svi-ii that. wliiU- tin.- 

 hoaviost binl ».Mpal>lr »>f tHyht i>. tht.- I5u>.tar«l, 

 Us oxpanso of wiuii;. a tritlo loss than that ot' tho 

 Willi Swan, i.^ .>tt. or 4ft. lo>s than that i>f tho 

 faiinMis .\llMtrv>ss. ami only half that o( tho 

 tarvicst V.\Mulor on ivooivl. It is somowhat curi- 

 ous that the .\ustralian ISustanl. though saiil to 

 bo lafjiAT than v>nr l>irvl. standinii hiyhoivMi its 

 lo^s. ami with lonijor nock, woiiihs consiilora- 

 hly loss. vJvMtUl. \vl»v> "froiiviontlv oncountoroil 

 and killoil it both »»n tho plains of the l.owor 

 N'auioi and also in South Australia", jjivos tho 

 woiiiht of tho utalo hinl from lv>U>. to \u\h. Tho 

 siioat lUistanl of Sv>uth Africa, tho "youj- 

 paauw" of tho cv>KMiists. uccv>nli)ii; to Mr. K. I,. 

 l.avaiM. \voii>hs frvnu v>Olb. to .^5U», 



'riu'fo is not much ili lToi"onco in tho dimensions 

 of tho larj;or Kaylos abi>vo-montionoil. all of 

 which arc loss than those of tho lar«;ost \'ulturos. 

 'Pho far-famod l.ammori;oior tK>os not oxcoed in 

 size tho ttritVon \"ulturo. \ior iK>os it woiji'h so 

 much bv sovoial po\mds; while in point of size 

 tholJiant Albatross of tho Southern iVoan. with 

 an avorajLio expanse of lift. 4in.. has to yield to 

 the ^.^>ndor of C'hilo. whose extended piniinis 

 have in many cases measureil 12ft.. ami in one 

 instance, on si'ood authority, the almost incredi- 

 ble width of i5ft. 



From '/V/,- /•>■<■/(/. iLondon^. vol. ^>4. p. 482.— 

 September lo. 1S^H>. 



PAMKi. \vi:r,sri;K rk-KNinss. 



Uv rtiK KiMTv>K. 



The IVath v^f Haniol Webster Prentiss is a 

 personal loss t».» the eiiitors of the l>st'KKY as 

 well as to utauY other on»itholo^tsts. Although 

 t«ot a cotttributor to tho literature of onutholojiv 

 for a uutnlnn- of years, he retained an interest 

 in it to the last. He was bom in Washini^ton. 

 P. C May 21. lS4v>, and continued to live there 

 till his death oti November U>th, He j;raduattHl 

 fivm Oolumbiau Colle>;e in I8bl. rtx^eivinii" the 

 deg-(ve of Ph. H.. and innnediately afterwunls 

 cvMutneuctHl the study of nuHlicine: he completed 

 the Cvnirse in I8t>4 when he reeeivetl the dejrree 

 of M. P, fi\>m the l'nive»-sity of Pennsylvania. 



While yet a college student, he cvMupilod with 

 his classmate. KlUott Cones, a *'Uist of the 

 Uitxls of the l^istrict of Columbia"', which was 

 publishetl ui the Atvnual Ke^KTrt of the Smith- 

 sotiUm Institution for I8t»l *p. 3*^>S-42l): this was 

 the biisis of an illustrateil work bv the siune 

 authors publisheil in 18Jv> as a Rulletin of the 

 I'nitevl States National Museum (No. Zb'^ and 

 ontitlevl "Avifauna Columbiana". The engrvxs- 

 sing- demands of an extensive practice v^reventeil 

 further original investigation in omithology. 

 As a mevlical author he is ktiow-n thrvnigh maiiv 

 articles puMishexl in prv^fessiotial journals. 



We present here a copy of a photognraph taketi 

 in ISol when a student in Colunibiati Colleg^e. 

 :'ru". an enthusiastic collector and studetit of 

 ':'.:.•> and engaget,! with Coues on the List of the 

 Mi\U of the District of Columbia. 



