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Mr. Trumbull was an enthusiastic collector, and an excellent judge of 

 china, and his cabinet contained some of tlie choicest specimens extant. 

 About his last art work was the illustrating of the book written bj his 

 sister, Mrs. Annie Trumbull Slosson, 'The China Hunter's Club,' pub- 

 lished in 1898. 



He was deeplj interested in the welfare of the lower animals and wiote 

 much on humane subjects. Although seldom seen at the Annual Con- 

 gress of the Union he always had the best interests of the Society at heart. 

 He was of a quiet, retiring disposition and highly esteemed in the com- 

 munity in which he resided. In his death "the world lost a man who 

 daily made it better." — J. H. S. 



JosiAH HooPEs, an Associate of the American Ornithologists' Union, 

 died at his home, Westchester, Pennsylvania, on January 16, 1904, in the 

 seventy-second year of his age. Although not a contributor to ornitholog- 

 ical literature, Mr. Hoopes was from boyhood deeply interested in birds 

 and was ever ready to aid any investigator by drawing upon his store of 

 notes or specimens. In early life he was associated with several of the 

 ornithologists of the Philadelphia Academy, notably Cassin, Turnbull, 

 and Bernard Hoopes; and took much interest in the institution. Later 

 he began the formation of a collection of eggs and skins of North Ameri- 

 can land birds. Of the latter he accepted only first class specimens, and 

 in particulars of arrangement, labelling, etc., his collection was a model 

 of neatness. A special room was added to his house for the reception of 

 his ornithological treasures and cases were prepared to accommodate a 

 series of every species and subspecies in the A. O. U. list. The great 

 majority of these were secured, and Mr. Hoopes's greatest delight was to 

 show to visitors of kindred tastes his beautiful specimens. Some years 

 ago this collection, numbering nearly 8000 skins, was purchased by the 

 Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, and the specimens have since 

 been used in many investigations. 



Mr. Hoopes was born in Westchester, November 9, 1832, the son of 

 Pierce and Sarah A. Hoopes. He was educated in Philadelphia, where 

 his family resided during his bojhood, and in 1S50 returned to West- 

 chester. He had always been deeply interested in botany and deciding 

 to make this his business he opened in 1853 a small greenhouse, which 

 to-day has grown into one of the largest nursery establishments in the 

 United States, under the firm name of Hoopes Brothers and Thomas. 

 Mr. Hoopes spent some time in travel, visiting the various botanic gar- 

 dens of Europe, and contributed numerous articles to horticultural 

 journals, besides writing the 'Book of Evergreens.' He was a member 

 of the Society of Friends and one of the leading citizens of his native 

 town, ever as ready to aid in public work as in furthering the studies in 

 which he was interested. 



