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which set is now in the National Museum. He was a personal friend of 

 Captain Bendire, and in his book 'Life Histories of Birds of North 

 America,' as well as in other bird publications, his name may be found 

 mentioned along with an interesting note on birds. Being of a retiring 

 disposition he avoided publicity, and it is to be regretted that he seldom, 

 if ever, wrote of his interesting observations and discoveries. 



In 1892 he was accidentally shot in the knee, which accident made it 

 difficult for him to get about on foot to study the habits of birds. Thus 

 again his nature work was interrupted never again to be resumed. The 

 collection of birds' eggs which he was at that time making, and which he 

 retained until his death, is now in the possession of the University of 

 Colorado. [See also antea, p. 422.] 



In the history of our State the name of Denis Gale will be recorded as 

 a faithful, enthusiastic pioneer bird student, and the memory of his life 

 and work among us will ever serve as an impetus to us younger bird 

 students to take up the work where he left it and do our little part in 

 carrying it to completion. — A. H. F. 



Death of Guy M. Bradley. — The cause of bird protection has had 

 a serious set-back in the murder of Guy M. Bradley, who was employed 

 by the National Association of Audubon Societies as Warden in Monroe 

 County, Florida. He was also the County Game Warden by appoint- 

 ment of the Governor. The district in which he acted was a very large 

 and extremely wild one, extending from Chokoloskee Bay on the north, 

 through the southwestern part of the Everglades, the Thousand Island 

 district, Cape Sable, and all of the chain of Keys west of Long Key, in- 

 cluding the city of Key West. 



His territory demanded a man of iron nerve and unfaltering courage 

 in order to face the dangers that always surrounded him. Outlaws, both 

 white and black, lived in the recesses of the swamps, and plume hunters, 

 who were hardly of a better class, were always on the watch for an oppor- 

 tunity to carry on their trade if they could escape the vigilance of the 

 Warden. Bradley possessed a cast-iron constitution and untiring energy, 

 and» no hardship of heat or storm or fatigue seemed able to keep him 

 from performing his duty. He was one of the quickest and best shots in 

 southern Florida, and his murderer must have shot him unawares. 

 The history of the case as sent to the Association by Attorney Lewis A. 

 Harris indicates that the murder was premeditated and cold-blooded. 

 Walter Smith anchored his schooner opposite the home of Bradley and 

 then sent his two sons to a Key where they shot some protected birds. 

 This was probably done to lure the Warden on. He went out in a small 

 boat in order to arrest the eldest of the lads who had been recalled to the 

 schooner by a signal. Bradley on reaching the side of the larger boat 

 told the boy he was under arrest and that he must get into his, Bradley's, 

 boat. This, by order of his father, he did not do ; Walter Smith then told 

 Bradley that if he attempted to take the boy that he would shoot. Smith 



