90 THE OOLOQIST 



WILLIAM B. CRISPIN 



Seeks Eggs; Dashed to Death — Falls 200 Feet on Pocono 



Mountains, Pennsylvania. 



Salem, N. J., May 21. — William Crispin, a collector of birds' eggs, 

 lowered himself 100 feet by a rope in the Pocono mountains, near 

 Easton, Pa., last Friday in quest of eagles' eggs and fell 200 feet to his 

 death. News of the accident became generally known when his body 

 was brought to his parents home near here. 



Mr. Crispin, who was 33 years old, had collected birds' eggs all over 

 the country. Last week he had an order from New York for a certain 

 kind of eagles' eggs and set out for the Poconos to find them. He was 

 last seen alive Friday afternoon near the place where he was killed. 

 Saturday several women, who were picking wild flowers, came across 

 his body. High up the perpendicular mountain side they saw the end 

 of the rope. 



Papers of identification were found on the body, and the police 

 learned by long distance telephone from Crispin's father the object of 

 his mission into the mountains. Crispin left a widow, and three chil- 

 dren. His father is a former member of the New Jersey legislature. — 

 Chicago Daily News, 



The foregoing clipping from the telegraphic column of the Chicago 

 Daily News, May 12, 1913, tells its own sad story. Mr. Crispin was a 

 naturalist of ability, a man of integrity, a good husband and father, 

 and a credit to himself and to those who were his. 



It shows the dangers which a field naturalist necessarily incurs at 

 times. The manner of his death recalls that of John C. Cahoon, who 

 fell in like manner from the cliffs of Newfoundland on the shore of 

 the sea. 



The readers of THE OOLOGIST will well remember his splendid 

 powers of description and the accuracy of his observations, as he has 

 been for sometime an occasional contributor to these cclums. 



To the bereaved ones he leaves behind, we extend our sympathy. 

 The following is a list of his contributions to THE OOLOGIST since 

 we became proprietors of the magazine: 



Wild Pigeon Eggs, Vol. 28, No. 5, pg. 91. 

 The Downy Woodpecker, Vol. 29, No. 9, pg. 344. 

 A Bartramian Sandpiper's Nest, Vol. 29, No. 9, pg. 346. 

 The Lure of the Wild, and the Bachelor Nest of the Bald Eagle, 

 Vol. 30, No. 2, pg. 28. 

 It is a pleasure to publish also the contributions of those who knew 

 him better than we did, which here follow: 



Mr. Crispin's death is a distinct loss strict integrity, always dealing fairly 



to all lovers of "Oology and Ornithol- in all his buisness relations. He will 



ogy." He was a great enthusiast and ever be remembered as a faithful 



tireless in the pursuit of rare speci- friend, a good comrade and an honest 



mens. His untimely end came while man. Ernest A. Butler. 



in search of the eggs of the Duck 



Hawk. He was a man of excellent Wm. B. Crispin Killed by a Fall, 



habits and enjoyed a reputation for On May 9, 1913, William B. Crispin, 



