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his duty to go to the war. He went as a captain in the Eighth New 

 York. It should be said that he went eagerly; for he was a born soldier, 

 — a tall, lithe, very handsome man, of the pronounced blonde tvpe, 

 quiet, fearless, and a natural leader. He was kept at Chickamauga and 

 elsewhere in the South throughout the war, serving, after the Eighth 

 was mustered out, as a lieutenant in the Two-Hundred-and-Third, in 

 his eagerness to see active service. After the latter regiment v/as also 

 mustered out, he enlisted, on June 22, 1S99, in the engineer corps of the 

 regular army, and was at once sent to the Philippines. 



Brown was the only man of the engineers who went with General 

 Young on the famous 'hike' from a point near Manila through Luzon 

 to Vigan on the north coast. He won the highest commendations from 

 his superiors, including General Young, for gallantry and for efficiencv 

 as an engineer throughout that most arduous expedition. All of the 

 maps of the route followed were drawn by him, under almost inconceivable 

 difficulties, and are beautiful examples of field drafting. 



Returned to Manila, Brown was put in charge of the building of a bridge 

 at Paranaque. It is characteristic of him that he worked upon this bridge 

 for Aveeks while so ill that he should have been in hospital. He stuck to 

 the work until it was finished, and thus made his death certain. Had he 

 lived, he would soon have received the commission in the regular army 

 which he coveted. 



Captain Brown was always a lover and student of birds. While living 

 at Portland, he wrote a number of interesting notes which were published 

 in 'The Auk.'— N. C B. 



James MacKixlav, of Pictou, Nova Scotia, an Associate Member of 

 the American Ornithologists' Union, died at his home on November 30, 

 1899. Mr. MacKinlay was born in Pictou on June 16, 1819, and through- 

 out his life was an ardent student of birds. His collection, containing 

 many rare and interesting specimens, was presented by him, some years 

 before his death, to the Pictou Academy, where it is now on exhibition. 



Audubon Whelock Ridgway, only son of Robert Ridgway, died in 

 Chicago, Feb. 22, 1901, of pneumonia. Although not a member of the 

 American Ornithologist's Union he had taken up the study of birds, and 

 at the time of his death was assistant in the department of ornithology 

 in the Field Columbian Museum, a positio^n to which he was appointed 

 in November 1900. During this short term of service he had, in addition 

 to the varied work connected with the museum, prepared a list of desid- 

 erata among the birds of Illinois, and named a large collection of 

 Philippine Island birds. Although having so brief a time in which to 

 prove his ability, he performed the duties of his position to the complete 

 satisfaction of his employers, both the Director of the museum and the 

 Curator of the Department of Ornithology highly commending his efforts. 



