«2 WHITE— A She.t'-h of the Life cf Samad White. 



that it was beyond disymto when he stated in bis great work 

 the f-redit due to inv father for his discovenes in Ornithology 

 5ind said, ''I I^now of no one of my correspondents in Australia 

 who is so keenly alive to the science of Ornithology", and he 

 should have added, "done so much field work". When Samuel 

 White died he left a widow, and young fr.mily to mourn their 

 great loss, and since that fatal day, they have kept evergreen 

 the memory of that wonderful pioneer, and great field Ornitho- 

 logist. It is to be lioped that this very brief sketch of a life 

 by far too short, but still full of great interest, may convey to 

 my readers some idea of the work accomplished by a great 

 pioneer of this Ptate, and of Australian Ornithology. 



