CASSINIA 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY 

 ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB 



No. VI. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 1902. 



Edward Harris 



BY GEORGE SPENCER MORRIS 



In the first number of Cassinia we were so fortunate as to 

 be able to give for our frontispiece an admirable portrait of 

 John Cassin. His was a name well known throughout the 

 scientific world, and in honor of him we chose the title of our 

 magazine. This year we open with the portrait of a man less 

 known to fame, and yet we believe that were the whole truth 

 told of the life and deeds of Edward Harris, the ornithological 

 world at least would learn that it owed him a deep debt of grati- 

 tude in more ways than one. 



It is true that in the fields of actual discovery his name is 

 hardly known. It was as a friend and patron of scientific men 

 that he made his influence felt — an influence exerted so quietly 

 and modestly that its full force might easily be overlooked, es- 

 pecially at this late day. Of those who shared the friendships 

 and reaped the bounty of Edward Harris it is probable that no 

 one was more deeply indebted to him than Audubon. 



The subject of benefits conferred and accepted is always a 

 rather delicate one, and it is not our desire to give publicity to 



