4 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



largely terra incognita. Six new birds and an equal number of 

 new mammals were described, the majority of which have stood 

 the test of time, while numerous other forms first collected by 

 Woodhouse have, in the light of additional knowledge, proved 

 to be separable, and, as in the case of Woodhouse's Jay, have 

 been named in liis honor.* 



In January, 1853, Dr. Woodhouse joined a private expedi- 

 tion to Central America, in company with E. G. Squire, Lt. W. 

 N. JefTers, and D. C. Hitchcock, and investigated the topogra- 

 phy and mineral resources of portions of Nicaragua, Honduras 

 and San Salvador, returning to the United States in December. 

 His collections on this trip were not extensive, and no report 

 upon them was published. 



The year 1854 found liim stationed at Ft. Delaware, then 

 under construction, Major John Sanders of the Engineer Corps 

 being in charge. In 1856 he resigned from the service, and in 

 1859 and 1860 was surgeon on Cope's line of packets plying 

 between Philadelphia and Liverpool, and was likewise surgeon 

 to the Washington Grays Regiment. During the Civil \A'ar 

 Dr. Woodhouse was resident physician at the Eastern Peniten- 

 tiary in Philadelphia, and afterwards retired to private life. 

 He was married in 1872 to Sarah A. Peck, and is survived by 

 two children, Dr. Samuel W. Woodhouse, Jr., and Matilda 

 Roberts Woodhouse. 



For years Dr. Woodhouse had completelj' lost touch with 

 ornithologists, but upon visiting the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences one day in 1898, he was introduced to the writer and 

 became intensely interested in the recent improvements and en- 

 largements in the ornithological department. He was elected 

 an honorary member of the Delaware Vallej^ Ornithological 

 Club, and made the acquaintance of the younger ornithologists 

 of his native city. He frequently attended the meetings of the 

 Club, and followed its proceedings with deep interest, while he 

 not infrequently spoke informally of the experiences of his 



* Among the new species described by Dr. Woodhouse were the Gray- 

 headed Junco, J. caniccps, the Black-capped Vireo, V. atricapillus, Cnssin'a 

 Sparrow, Peucsea cassini, Abert's Squirrel, Sciurus aberti, Ord's Kangaroo Rat, 

 Perodipus ordii and the Southern Coyote, Canis fruitror. 



