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me that I was able to write to Mrs. Shores : " He was not 

 only a keen observer and a man of scientific accuracy, but also 

 a man of great modesty — too much so perhaps — with an in- 

 dependent turn of mind and he had a nature that must have 

 been noble and good." And in return came the reply : '' The 

 Doctor was all you say of him and certainly had a wonderfiul 

 mind." 



This man furnished many of the older New England orni- 

 thologists with his splendid records, on which in part at least 

 they built up their fame, but he never published anything over 

 his own signature that the wife or I know of. He was for a 

 time an Associate Member of the A. O. U., which of course, 

 as you all know, does not mean anything. And when he died, 

 there were none of his old friends, so often mentioned in the 

 diary, Jos. Ely, Fred Jenks, David Brewer and others, some of 

 whom are no doubt living today, to speak of his work, and 

 because he was not a member of the A. O. U. at the time of 

 his death his work was not reviewed. A streak of luck has 

 let this diary fall into my hands and you will agree with me 

 that he did his work well. So I have no more interest in this 

 appreciation but that full justice be done though even at so 

 late a date, to one who knew the birds and loved them well, 

 who furthered the cause of science in many ways ; and if the 

 men of New England have forgotten him and his ornithological 

 work without a word of praise, we men of the Middle West 

 at least will do him justice and whisper over his grave : " Well 

 done was thy work !" And the old woods of Suffield will nod 

 their consent to this appreciation of their old friend of long 

 ago, of Dr. Erwin I. Shores ! 



