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new edition of the Pittide, reviews of several genera, and three 
handbooks on the Anatide, Limicole and Gallinze of North Amer- 
ica. As a sportsman Dr. Elliot had an extended field experience 
with the members of these families, much of which is contained 
in the biographical sections of these popular monographs. 
The twelve years during which Dr. Elliot was connected with the 
Field Museum were the most fruitful of his life. His studies were 
now wholly devoted to mammals and despite the demands upon 
his time made by executive duties, and his expedition to Africa, 
he produced the following works of major importance: ‘Synopsis 
of the Mammals of North America’ (1 vol., 8vo, 1901); ‘The 
Land and Sea Mammals of Middle America and the West Indies’ 
(2 vols., 8vo, 1904); ‘A Check-List of the Mammals of the North 
American Continent, the West Indies and Neighboring Seas’ (1 vol., 
8vo, 1905) and ‘A Catalogue of the Collection of Mammals in the 
Field Columbian Museum (1 vol., 8vo, 1907). These were all 
published by the Field Museum. 
The extended journeys made after his resignation from the Field 
Museum (1906) were as we have already seen productive of the 
great Monograph of the Primates. This was Dr. Elliot’s last pub- 
lished work, and at the time of his death he was engaged in pre- 
paring an appendix to his ‘Synopsis of the Mammals of North 
America.’ 
It was not, however, only through his published works that Dr. 
Elliot served the branches of science to which in the most literal 
sense of the expression, his life was devoted. 
Fortunately for the institutions concerned, his was the guiding 
hand in laying the foundation of the Zoélogical Departments of 
two of the great museums of this country — the American Museum 
and the Field Museum. With a practical knowledge of the require- 
ments of a working museum, Dr. Elliot was also a man of affairs 
who could impress the trustees of the institutions concerned with 
the soundness of his views. His services in acquiring collections 
of birds and mammals for the American Museum were of excep- 
tional importance since, at the time, he was one of the few men, 
perhaps the only man in America qualified to give the advice 
needed. Recognizing his fitness, the trustees of that institution 
commissioned him to purchase material during a journey which, 
in the winter of 1868-69, he was about to make to Europe. 
