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is deposited in Iowa College at Grinnell, Iowa, remain to attest the en- 

 ergy with which he devoted himself at all times to his scientific studies 

 and with which he began a collection to replace that lost. The first of 

 these collections the writer has had the privilege of examining, and it 

 is to be regretted that the second has not also been included in this ex- 

 amination. The sjiecimens represent material gathered at Ann Arbor 

 during his residence there, at Hazen, Arkansas, at Fairbury, and also a 

 few specimens evidently obtained Ijj' exchange from others. It is to be 

 regretted that only the sj)eciinens gathered previous to his removal to 

 Nebraska are accompanied by any data. Busy with his professional 

 duties and only able to turn at spare moments to his natural history- 

 he delayed the affixing of labels to specimens, especiallj^ those gathered 

 at Fairbury, until it was too late, and though every expedient has been 

 resorted to which it is possible to api^ly, in the endeavor to determine 

 the locality from which the unlabelled specimens came, the effort has 

 proven futile. Of interest to all ornithologists is the presence in the 

 collection of several specimens of Pileated Woodpecker from Hazen, 

 Arkansas, taken December 22 and 23, 1884, and January 6, 1885, while of 

 especial interest to Michigan ornithologists is a specimen of the Arctic 

 Three-toed Woodpecker labelled '"Picoides arcticus (male), Ann Arbor, 

 Mich., October 18, 1884." 



Dr. Eaton is responsible for several records in Professor Bruners 

 "Notes on Nebraska Birds," and the amount of work which he accom- 

 Ijlished at s^jare moments during his brief residence in the state testifies 

 eloquently to the loss Avhich Ornithology siiffered in his early death. 



