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about 8,000 specimens of birds' eggi^, obtained during his army service 

 in tbe West, ranks as one of the most important gifts to the Museum. 

 Moreover, the intense zeal which he displayed in his chosen field of 

 labor inspired others to lend their generous aid in the work of building 

 up the department under his charge. He was conspicuous for the 

 methodical and careful manner in which all his undertakings were 

 carried on, and particularly so in connection with his scientific 

 investigations. 



Tbe most important of Major Bendire's published works is entitled 

 Life Histories of North American Birds, issued by the U. S. National 

 Museum in two quarto volumes. It is a matter of suicere regret and 

 a great loss to ornithology that this work could not have been com- 

 pleted before his death; but although incomplete, this elaborate 

 monograph will remain a lasting monument to his memory. 



Mr. Martin L. Linell, aid in the department of insects, died on May 

 3, 1897. 



Mr. Linell was born at Gronby, Sweden, June 24, 1849, and was edu- 

 cated at the University of Lund. Early in life he showed great interest 

 in biology, and soon after coming to America, in 1879, he resumed his 

 studies, confining himself mainly to the study of entomology. He 

 became connected with the National Museum in 1889, and, although 

 since that time he worked over and arranged a very large part of the 

 collection of insects, it was to the order Ooleoptera that his attention 

 was especially given, and all of his published papers were upon that 

 subject. It is to be regretted that at the time of his death he had only 

 just begun the publication of the results of his work of many years. 



Mr, Henry Horan, superintendent of buildings, died on September 

 29, 1896. 



Mr. Horan had been connected with the Smithsonian Institution and 

 National Museum since 1857, and during this long period of faithful 

 service he had the entire confidence of his official superiors and the 

 esteem and respect of all who were brought in contact with him. 



Prof Edward D. Cope, of Philadelphia, one of the most eminent of 

 American naturalists, and a correspondent and collaborator of the 

 National Museum, died on April 12, 1897. 



Professor Cope's researches covered a wide field, and his contribu- 

 tions to scientific literature were varied and extensive. His special 

 attention was given to the study of ichthyology, herpetology, mam- 

 malogy, and pliilosophy, and the results of his studies in these sciences 

 are contained in twenty octavo and three large quarto volumes. Among 

 his most im])ortant works the following may be mentioned: "The 

 Batrachia of North America," published by the National Museum 

 (1889) ; " Observations on the Systematic Eelations of Fishes," published 

 in the Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science (1871); "On the Classification of the Extinct Fishes of the 

 Lower Types," published in the same journal (1887) ; "The Relations of 



