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J Allen, In Memoriam : George B. Sennett. iq 



Mr. Sennett also took an active part in the work of the Lin- 

 naean Society of New York as long as he made that city his place 

 of winter resident, and for three years (1887-S9) was its Presi- 

 dent. He was rarely absent from its meetings, and took a promi- 

 nent part in the presentation and discussion of papers. 



As a public-spirited citizen, Mr. Sennett did much for the 

 improvement of the town of Meadville, Pa., where his iron works 

 were situated, during the two terms of his administration as 

 Mayor, in 1877 to 1881. During this period many improvements 

 in drainage, lighting, and paving were introduced, and new water- 

 works were constructed, Meadville during this period passing 

 from the status of a country village to a full-fledged city. To this 

 work Mr. Sennett gave much time and energy, making a special 

 study of the latest and best authorities on sewerage and other 

 sanitary problems. 



As regards his scientific work, already so favorably mentioned, 

 it may be added that he was so conservative and thorough in his 

 investigations that little that he has done will need revision. As 

 evidence of this may be cited the ten new species and subspecies 

 of North American birds described by him, all of which have 

 found place in the A. O. U. Check-List. Aside from ornithology, 

 he took a general interest in other departments of natural history, 

 especially in mammals and insects, which he always collected 

 when opportunity favored. These were presented to various 

 scientific institutions, among which may be mentioned Cornell 

 University, the American Museum of Natural History, and the 

 State Cabinet at Albany.' 



My personal acquaintance with Mr. Sennett was made in 1878, 

 shortly after his return from his second Texas trip, when he paid 

 me the compliment of a brief call at my home in Cambridge, 

 Mass. I knew him only casually from that time till the autumn of 

 1885, when I became intimately associated with him at the Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History in New York City. This associa- 



' In 1884 the late J. A. Lintner published a partial report on the Lepidoptera 

 collected on his first two Texas trips in Volume IV of ' Papilio' (pp. 135-147). 

 This partial list numbers 61 species, four of which were described as new, and 

 one, Ecpantheria sennettii, was named for Mr. Sennett. 



