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Iii 1904, Mr. Brackett was appointed a member of the Commis- 

 sion of Inland Fisheries and Game by Governor William T. Cobb, 

 and on the 21st of June, 1910, he was appointed chairman by Gov- 

 ernor Bert M. Fernald. He thus became the third chairman of the 

 Commission as reorganized in 1895. He entered upon the duties of 

 this office July 1, 1910, so his term of service, brought to so untimely 

 an end, hardly compassed a year. It is fair to remember that this 

 was a year during which his political party was in retirement, yet 

 he worked in harmony with the administration, and handed down 

 to history a most creditable showing for the period. 



If we may judge from a short acquaintance, Mr. Brackett was 

 a man of sanguine temperament, with faith that the good in the 

 human race is in the ascendency. With this faith, his motto seemed 

 to be, "The majority should rule, and it is the duty of those who 

 serve to learn the will of the majority." Certain it is, that the col- 

 umns of his paper were not only open to, but invited, full discussion 

 of all matters of interest relating to fish and game. To everyone 

 who sought his office he gave a respectful audience. Yet he was a 

 man of spirit and determination in matters he believed to be right. 

 His death brings to a close a most promising administration of this 

 office, in which ornithologists feel so keen an interest. 



He leaves a widow, Mrs. Lucy Bean Brackett, a son, James 

 Scott Brackett, and a daughter, Miss Miriam Edna Brackett. 



Notes on the Canada Warbler. 



CORDELIA J. STANWOOD. 



The spring of 1910 I varied my bird beat somewhat, and visited 

 wilder woodlands and more inaccessible swamps. To my delight I 

 came upon the haunts of new birds — the Canada Warbler, Winter 

 Wren, Veery, American Bittern, Green Black-capped Warbler, Yel- 

 low Palm Warbler, Black-throated Blue and Parula Warblers. 



The Canada Warbler was very common over a wide extent of 

 territory. In fact, I found it common in three distinct swamps and 



