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bird study and in bird protection. During his residence in Oregon he col- 
lected the material for ‘A First Book upon the Birds of Oregon and Wash- 
ington’ which was published in 1901 and appeared in a revised edition in 
1902. This book was promptly placed in the list for supplementary reading 
in the schools of Oregon by the State Text Book Commission. During 
the organization of the Oregon Audubon Society he took an active part in 
the work and gave a number of talks on birds to some 18,000 public school 
children and 4000 adults. He was a ready and pleasing speaker, and a 
frequent attendant at meetings of the Union where, through his genial 
manner, he made a large circle of friends.— T. S. P. 
Dr. Bert Heap BaiLey, an Associate Member of the American Orni- 
thologists’ Union since 1913, died at Cedar Rapids, lowa, June 22, 1917, 
from an abcess in the spleen. He was born at Farley, lowa, May 2, 1875. 
Dr. Bailey graduated from Coe College in 1897 and received his master’s 
degree from the same institution in 1900. In 1900 he also completed his 
course and received an M. D. degree from Rush Medical College, Chicago. 
He married Anna Wright Condit, of Des Moines, December 26, 1900. In 
September, 1900, he became Professor of Zodlogy and Curator of the 
Museum of Coe College, a position which he held at the time of his death. 
He published a small volume entitled ‘“‘200 wild Birds of Iowa”’ in 1906, 
and was the author of numerous short papers and notes on mammals and 
birds which appeared from time to time in the ‘ Proceedings’ of the Iowa 
Academy of Science and in ‘The Auk’. In addition, many valuable 
notes contributed by him appear in Anderson’s ‘Birds of Iowa.’ At the 
beginning of his last illness, Professor Bailey was on leave of absence and ; 
was engaged in research along ornithological lines at the University of 
Iowa. He was especially interested in the hawks and owls and had nearly 
completed a paper dealing with the distribution and habits of the species 
found in Iowa. He was also engaged in collecting data for a work on the 
mammals of the State. He was diligently engaged in building up a good 
working college museum at Coe and outlined his ideas as to what such a 
museum should contain in a paper entitled ‘The Building and Function 
of the College Museum,’ printed in the ‘ Proceedings’ of the lowa Academy 
of Science for 1915. Professor Bailey was a keen and tireless worker and 
his untimely death is a distinct loss to ornithology in a State where workers 
of his ability are all too few. He was a member of the Wilson Ornithologi- 
cal Club and a Fellow of the Iowa Academy of Science.— I. N. G. 
FRANCIS WINDLE, an associate member of the American Ornithologists’ 
Union, died at his home in West Chester, Pennsylvania on February 24, 
1917, in his 72nd year. 
Mr. Windle was born in West Marlboro, Chester County, Pennsylvania. 
He lived most of his life in West Chester, having received his education in 
the schools of his native county and at the University of Michigan, at which 
latter place he took his law course. He was admitted to the bar at West 
