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CORRESPONDENCE. 



A Biographical and Autobiographical Letter. 



Editors of ' The Auk ' : — 



Dear Sirs : — The following letter, by Colonel Bernard J. D. Irwin, Sur- 

 geon, U. S. Army (^retired), throws so much light upon the least-known 

 period of the lives of two of America's distinguished naturalists that I 

 take pleasure in presenting it to the readers of 'The Auk.' 



Edgar A. Mearns. 



CoBOURG, Canada. 

 Sept. 21, 1901. 

 Dear Major Mearns: — 



In response to your request it aftords me pleasure to answer your quer- 

 ies in regard to the late Major Charles E. Bendire, U. S. A. Yes, your 

 assumption is correct, it was I who initiated in him the taste for natural 



