16 The Ornithology of Chester County 
life when he removed to Geiger’s Mill, Berks county ; 
a close friend of Everhart’s and one of the few pro- 
fessional taxidermists of his day in the State; has 
several important county records resting on his 
authority: the Gull-billed Tern, Great Gray Owl 
and Bohemian Waxwing. 
Major General George A. McCall,1® whose 
ornithological work seems to have been confined al- 
most wholly to the Soutlwest; resided at his home 
“Belair,” West Goshen township, from 1855 to 
1861, and from 1863 until his death. 
Prof. E. D. Cope'® was another Westtown schol- 
ar, and it is said that after the age of thirteen, his 
summer intervals of boarding school life and later of 
tutoring were filled among the woods, fields and 
streams of Chester county, where an intimate know!- 
edge of birds was added to that of batrachians, rep- 
tiles and insects. I have a few highly prized bird 
skins taken by him in 1858 and 1859 at London 
Grove, Elk creek and elsewhere in Chester county. 
J. W. Sharp?’ of Berwyn formed the nucleus of 
a sportsmen’s collection between 1858 and 1880. 
It consisted largely of mounted specimens of the 
Game birds and Raptores. My earliest recollection 
was of this exhibit at “Hawthorn Farm.” It con- 
tained a number of species now unobtainable. 
Willis P. Hazard'® moved to East Bradford in 
zeCb and living there continuously until 1904, when 
his residence ‘ “Maple Knoll” was destroyed by fire. 
‘le was a student of ornithology although he seems 
to have done little active field work. In the course 
of his business as a bookman and publisher, he 
