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  OF 
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  SECRETARY 
  21 
  

  

  ica, 
  a 
  work 
  that 
  Professor 
  Baird 
  had 
  in 
  mind 
  years 
  ago, 
  and 
  when 
  

   authorized 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Doctor 
  Goode 
  to 
  produce 
  such 
  a 
  work 
  he 
  

   was 
  well 
  prepared. 
  From 
  1901 
  to 
  1919 
  eight 
  parts 
  of 
  this 
  work, 
  

   Bulletin 
  No. 
  50 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum, 
  were 
  issued, 
  

   and 
  he 
  was 
  engaged 
  on 
  the 
  manuscript 
  of 
  the 
  ninth 
  and 
  tenth 
  parts 
  

   at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  his 
  death. 
  

  

  In 
  recognition 
  of 
  the 
  quality 
  of 
  his 
  work 
  he 
  received 
  many 
  honors 
  

   from 
  scientific 
  societies 
  both 
  at 
  home 
  and 
  abroad. 
  Some 
  years 
  ago 
  

   he 
  Avas 
  granted 
  the 
  Walker 
  Grand 
  Prize, 
  issued 
  by 
  the 
  Boston 
  Society 
  

   of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  the 
  Daniel 
  Giraud 
  Elliot 
  gold 
  medal, 
  and 
  the 
  

   William 
  Brewster 
  medal 
  and 
  prize. 
  He 
  was 
  a 
  member 
  or 
  honorary 
  

   member 
  of 
  various 
  ornithological 
  societies, 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Society 
  of 
  

   London, 
  the 
  Manchester 
  Literary 
  and 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  and 
  

   others, 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Ridgway 
  was 
  keenly 
  interested 
  in 
  field 
  work, 
  and 
  made 
  many 
  

   trips 
  to 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  Illinois 
  and 
  Indiana. 
  He 
  visited 
  Florida 
  

   in 
  three 
  successive 
  years 
  (1895-1897), 
  accompanied 
  the 
  Harriman 
  

   Alaska 
  expedition 
  in 
  1899, 
  and 
  made 
  two 
  collecting 
  trips 
  to 
  Costa 
  

   Rica, 
  1904 
  and 
  1908. 
  

  

  EUGENE 
  AMANDUS 
  SCHWARZ 
  

  

  Eugene 
  Amandus 
  Schwarz, 
  custodian 
  of 
  coleoptera 
  in 
  the 
  Na- 
  

   tional 
  Museum, 
  died 
  October 
  15, 
  1928. 
  He 
  was 
  born 
  in 
  Liegnitz, 
  

   Silesia, 
  April 
  21, 
  1844, 
  and 
  came 
  to 
  America 
  in 
  1872, 
  taking 
  up 
  

   work 
  with 
  Hagen 
  at 
  Cambridge, 
  Mass. 
  In 
  1874 
  he 
  accompanied 
  his 
  

   friend 
  and 
  pupil, 
  H. 
  G. 
  Hubbard, 
  to 
  Detroit, 
  where 
  they 
  founded 
  

   the 
  Detroit 
  Scientific 
  Association 
  and 
  started 
  an 
  entomological 
  

   museum. 
  In 
  this 
  year 
  he 
  spent 
  several 
  months 
  collecting 
  insects 
  in 
  

   Florida, 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  a 
  long 
  series 
  of 
  collecting 
  expeditions 
  that 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  throughout 
  his 
  life. 
  In 
  1878 
  he 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  

   Agriculture, 
  where 
  he 
  remained 
  until 
  his 
  death. 
  In 
  1898 
  he 
  was 
  

   appointed 
  custodian 
  of 
  coleoptera 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Museum, 
  and 
  here 
  

   he 
  introduced 
  better 
  standards 
  of 
  care 
  and 
  arrangement. 
  Besides 
  

   the 
  extensive 
  collection 
  made 
  by 
  Hubbard 
  and 
  himself 
  he 
  secured 
  for 
  

   the 
  Museum 
  many 
  other 
  important 
  collections, 
  and 
  he 
  started 
  and 
  

   actively 
  promoted 
  the 
  formation 
  of 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  coleoptera 
  larvae, 
  

   which 
  has 
  since 
  grown 
  to 
  be 
  probably 
  the 
  largest 
  in 
  the 
  world. 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Schwarz 
  was 
  very 
  modest 
  and 
  self-effacing, 
  but 
  during 
  the 
  

   last 
  40 
  years 
  his 
  fame 
  as 
  a 
  man 
  of 
  great 
  learning 
  slowly 
  spread 
  

   among 
  the 
  entomologists 
  of 
  this 
  country 
  until 
  it 
  became 
  generally 
  

   recognized. 
  He 
  always 
  willingly 
  placed 
  his 
  unlimited 
  knowledge 
  

   and 
  experience 
  at 
  the 
  disposal 
  of 
  the 
  younger 
  generations. 
  His 
  

   bibliography 
  contains 
  nearly 
  400 
  titles, 
  mainly 
  on 
  coleoptera. 
  

  

  