THE OSPREY. 



An Illustrated Monthly Magazine Devoted Exclusively to the Interests of 



ORNITHOLOGY. 



Vol. 1. No. 7. 



GALESBURG, ILL., MARCH, 1897. 



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Major Charles E, Bendire, 



BY F. H. KNOWLTON, PH. D., SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



CHARLES E. Bendire, Captain (and 

 Brevet Major) in the United 

 States Army and Honorary Cura- 

 tor of Oolog-y in the United States 

 National Museum, was born in Hesse 

 Darmstadt, Germany, April 27, 1836, 

 and died in Jacksonville, Florida, 

 February 4, 18*)7. While not entirely 

 unexpected his death was a shock to his 

 man}' friends and associates, who had 

 hoped that his removal to a warmer clime 

 mig-ht delay the prog-ress of the dread 



malady,* but it was not to be, for he died 

 only liVe days after leaving- Washington. 

 His funeraf occurred m Washington on 

 February 9, and he was buried by the 

 side of his comrades in arms in historic 

 Arlington. 



tMajor Bendire's life was in many res- 

 pects a remarkable one, and furnishes a 



*Brig-ht's disease. 



fMany of the facts in this notice are derived 

 from a short sketch by Dr. C. Hart Merriam in 

 Science for February 12, 1897. 



