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did where his name would appear. He never concealed his iden- 

 tity, though in a few instances he signed himself "M. H." ; yet 

 these were brief notes, of statements not open to reply, and the name 

 of his town was given. 



His first published writing seems to be on the •'Nesting Habits 

 of the Red-bellied Nuthatch," which appeared in the Nuttall Bulle- 

 tin in 1878, which we observe to correspond very nearly with the 

 period when his collection was begun. The same year Professor F. 

 W. Putnam, in his report as curator of the Peabody Museum of 

 American Archaeology and Ethnology, published the letter of Mr. 

 Hardy which established the fact of cannibalism among the New 

 England Indians. Professor Putnam made the statement that Mr. 

 Hardy would conduct further investigations in behalf of the mu- 

 seum, and that these explorations were carried out is shown by the 

 next (the 12th) report. Mr. Hardy's first letter in Forest and 

 Stream appeared in 1884, entitled "The Wolf Cry in Maine," and 

 stands as a valuable contribution to the history of the disappearance 

 of this mammal from our fauna. 



Among his numerous friends was the late Major Charles E. 

 Bendire, with whom he maintained an intimate friendship, and to 

 whom he contributed freely during the preparation of his work on 

 the "Life Histories of North American Birds." The late Charles 

 K. Worthen was a friend of thirty years' standing, and he knew 

 well all of the most prominent field ornithologists of the West. 

 Indeed, as most of his collection was derived directly from the orig- 

 inal collectors, especially from those in the way of finding new spe- 

 cies and races of birds, it would be easier to name the working field 

 naturalists whom he did not know than those whom he knew. 



While of a retiring disposition and averse to appearing in pub- 

 lic, he occasionally responded to the requests of friends or associates 

 and delivered talks upon natural history topics. On these occasions 

 his remarkable memory and wide experience as an observer came to 

 his aid, and, as he grew absorbed in his subject, he bore his audience 

 onward with him, attentive to the end and ready for more. 



