146 



THE OOLOGIST 



E. J. Darlington. 



It is with a real feeling of sorrow- 

 that we are called upon to note the 

 death of Mr. E. J. Darlington on Aug- 

 ust 7th, at his home in Wilmington, 

 Delaware. For a long time we had 

 known Mr. Darlington by correspond- 

 ence, never having met him person- 

 ally. We can truthfully say that we 

 have never dealt with an oologist in 

 which he impressed us as being super- 

 ior to Mr. Darlington, either in charac- 

 ter or ability. His specimens were al- 

 ways absolutely "A 1.', and of these 

 we received many which will rest in 

 our private collection as long as we re- 

 main on earth. 



Mr. Darlington was at all times a 

 good friend of the Oologist and one 

 willing and glad to give the benefit of 

 his observations to his fellow oolo- 

 gists, being specially a student of that 

 branch of science. 



Since THE OOLOGIST came under 

 our management, Mr. Darlington has 

 contributed the following papers: 



"Bald Eagle," Volume XXVI, page 

 75. 



"Abnormal Eggs," volume XXIX, 

 page 15. 



"Bald Eagles," Volume XXIX, page 

 206. 



"Kingfisher," volume XXIX, page 

 228. 



"Purple Grackle," volume XXIX, 

 page 263. 



"Kentucky Warblers," volume XXIX, 

 page 303. 



"The Lure of the Wild and the 

 Bachelor nest of the Bald Eagle," vol- 

 ume XXX, page 28. 



"In Memory of William B. Crispin," 

 volume XXX, page 91. 



"W. B. Crispin's Collection," Volume 

 XXXI, page 45. 



"What are They," volume XXXI, 

 page 89. 



"Scarlet Tanager," volume XXXI, 

 page 89. 



"Ospreys," Volume XXXI, page 199. 

 "Set Marks," volume XXXII, page 

 14. 



"Golden-fronted Woodpecker Eggs," 

 volume XXXIl, page 64. 



This latter is an answer to the 

 query of above quoted, "What are 

 They?" 



"English Sparrow White Eggs," vol- 

 ume XXXII, page 135. 



The latter paper being published in 

 the last issue of THE OOLOGIST, and 

 it is with sorrow that we realize that 

 we have received the last manuscript 

 for publication from one that we knew 

 long and well by correspondence and 

 upon whom we could rely as a friend 

 of THE OOLOGIST.— Editor. 



Mr. Kentworthy, a close friend of 

 Mr. Darlington, contributes the follow- 

 ing appreciation of the deceased: 



Mr. Even Jackson Darlington wsa 

 born August 31, 1856, in Chester Coun- 

 ty, Pennsylvania. He took up birds' 

 eggs when he was about 14 years 

 old and used to collect only two of a 

 kind but when he came to Wilmington. 

 Deleware, he dropped his two egg col- 

 lecting and collected sets. 



He gradually employed people to 

 collect for him and when lie re'^eived a 

 "lot" of eggs, he would pick out the 

 "cream," disposing of the rest. 



He collected for a while and then 

 lost interest in oology for about twelve 

 years when he resumed collecting in 

 earnest and kept it up. 



He became acquainted with the late 

 William B. Crispin and used to go col- 

 lecting with him until Mr. Chispin's 

 decease in 1913. 



I met Mr. Darlington about April, 

 1912, but never became really ac- 

 quainted with him until September 

 30th of that year when I started col- 

 lecting eggs "right." We would go 

 collecting-- Saturday afternoons and 

 Sundays, and while we did not get a 

 great many eggs, we enjoyed each 

 other's companionship and the oppor- 

 tunity to study oology and ornithology. 



