June 1891.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



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A Tribute to His Memory. 



Editor of O. it 0. ; 



It was with great lieaviness of heart that I 

 read the account of Mr. .John C. Calioon's 

 tragic death. Although I was not personally 

 acquainted with him, yet I felt like a dear friend 

 had passed away. I exclaim with the poet, 

 Burns, "Oh, why hath worth so short a date, 

 wliile villains ripen gray with time!" I had 

 lead after his pen so much that I almost 

 tliought I would know him were I ever to meet 

 him. .7. ir. P. SiuitliKtck. 



rtan-s Sduci, N. C. 



Editor of 0. ifc ().: 



PoorCahoonI It was witli deepest of feel- 

 ings that I read the details of his untimely 

 death in Newfoundland. I had noticed in the 

 daily papers of a Cahoon hising his life in 

 Newfoundland hut I persuaded myself not to 

 believe it was our own John ('.. but when his 

 honest face looked up at me from the page of 

 the O. & O. I felt a great lump in my throat. 

 Who knows when our own time will come ? 

 The fascinating study of the birds lures us into 

 places "where angels fear to tiead."' The 

 .sad accident will recall to all of us the time 

 when we too were in tight places and escaped 

 seemingly by an act of Providence. May (jod 

 grant that we may nevrr meet such a fate as 

 his. fteo. O. Caiitwell. 



I'ttUtratU) Siirinps, Col. 



Editor or O. it ().: 



I would also like to express my grief at Mr. 

 ("ahoon's untimely end. He w.as a stranger to 

 nie personally, but when I heard of his death 

 it seemed as if I had lost a near and dear 

 friend. This tragic end of a young and prom- 

 ising life is hard to bear, and we ask, why did 

 not God spare him, but all things work 

 together for the good of those who love God, 

 and no matter how unjust they may seem we 

 must always remember that the dispensations 

 of the Almighty are for the best. The account 

 of Mr. Cahocm's attempts to mount the clitt' 

 are too painfid to read, what must have been 

 the feelings of the wretched man as he fought 

 hard for life, knowing that each inch he slipped 

 down that fatal rope l)rought him nearer to 

 eternity, is too horrible to think of. His trips 

 on the Gulf coast of Florida and in Mexico 

 prove him to have been a brave and honest 

 man and a good collector. His death will 

 always be regretted Ijy me and all others who 

 love virtue. CnrlixC Yotiti;/. 



Bnioklvn, X. Y. 



Editor of O. <t ().: 



Enclosed find si. 00 to renew my subscrijition 

 to the O. * O. for 1891. You may consider me 

 a permanent subscriber, as I find the longer I 

 take it the better I like it. I was greatly 

 shocked to read an account of the terrible 

 death of .lohn C. Cahoon, in your last issue, as 

 he seemed almost like an old acquaintance 

 from reading articles in the O. & O. I enclose 

 ten cents for another copy containing it, as I 

 maile<l mine to a friend. F. If. Mc('ormarl'. 



Leij:htnii. Ala. 



Editor of O. ,t O.: 



The May nund)er of the (). ifc O. at hand. 

 Was much shocked to hear of J. C. Gaboon's 

 terrible death. Though not personally ac- 

 <iuainted with him, have read his articles, 

 which api)eared from time to time, with 

 increasing interest and pleasure. I only won- 

 der such accidents do not occur more frequently. 



Looking over the paper I noticed in an 

 article by H. B. Hurd of Minnesota, " First 

 Pages of a '01 Note-book," reference to a Great- 

 horned Owl shot, measuring 49% inches from 

 tip to tip. .Says it had the largest extent of 

 any he ever saw. .Judging from my own ob- 

 servations it is not a very large specimen. 

 Below is a list of five which I put up the last 

 year, only two of which are smaller than the 

 above, and the others much larger. 



Shot, 2-2. '90. 12-2G.'90. 8S,'9(). 1-10. ■01. 4-10.'ni 



Sex. S 9 9 9 9 



Spread, 4S" 4JS" ">.!" .54" "ili" 



l.en.U,t.-2<)'i" 21%" Uiy/' 20%" 22%" 

 Tail, '.<" !1%" '-^y/' !1" iW," 



The data are from my notes taken from the 

 birds shortly after obtained. 



Will .send you soon an account of our trip 

 up Des Moines Eiver, after Turkey Vultures 

 (Cathaitpx aura, Linn.). We came, we .saw, 

 we (did not) conquer. F. IT. SlifhhDi. 



Wm. C. Flint. 



Mr. E. G. Tabor writes: "I have not seen 

 any notice of ihe death of Wm. C. Flint, of 

 San Francisco, Cal., in the O. & O. Would 

 state that I am in receipt of a letter from 

 Chas. Greene, Esq., 144 Natoiiia street, San 

 Francisco, stating that Wm. C. Flint died of 

 cancer, February 26. Mr. Flint was one of 

 the leading ornithologists of the West." 



