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THE OOLOOIST 



Merrill W. Blain 



In Memoriam 



Merrill W. Blain, for many years -i 

 subscriber to the Oologist, died at his 

 home in Los Angeles, California, on 

 December 26, 1918. He was born at 

 Oceanview, California April 24, 1891. 

 He received his early education at 

 San Francisco and later was graduat- 

 ed from the Hollywood School in 

 1915. At the time of his death Mr. 

 Blain was a third year student in the 

 Detroit College of Medicine and Su^ 

 gery. 



Mr. Blain was an enthusiastic or- 

 nithologist and was a member of the 

 Cooper Ornithological Club of Cali- 



fornia, the Wilson Ornithological 

 Club and the American Ornithologist's 

 Union. He had a fine collection of 

 the birds and eggs of Southern Cali- 

 fornia which has since been sent to 

 his uncle. Dr. Alexander W. Blain of 

 Detroit. 



Mr. Blain had a large list of friends 

 among the ornithologists, especially 

 on the coast and was extremely popu- 

 lar as a student at college. 



He had returned to California in 

 the hopes of regaining his health and 

 was for some months In a sanitarium 

 but he continued to fail. He was 

 buried in California amid the hills 

 and flowers he loved so well. 



