Vo1 " 192? ] Fisher, In Memoriam: Lyman B elding. 43 



Mr. Belding was elected an Active Member and remained as such 

 until 1911, when at his own request he was made a Retired Fellow. 

 He was elected a member of the California Academy of Sciences, 

 March 4, 18S9, life member March 4, 1914, and honorary member 

 of the section of ornithology of that institution, February 7, 1S98. 

 He became an honorary member of the Cooper Ornithological Club 

 in 1896. He took a keen interest in these three societies and gave 

 them his warm and substantial support. 



About 18G7 he married the widow of his brother, and a daughter. 

 Josephine M., was born to them. She inherited the tastes of her 

 father, being interested in music, birds, flowers, and all out-of-door 

 life. Her fine nature made her a favorite among relatives and 

 associates. She died January 24, 1917, ten months before her 

 father passed away. 



To many of the younger ornithologists Lyman Belding, because 

 of his early retirement from active ornithology, is a name and an 

 inspiration only, but to the older men, especially those who have 

 been favored by his friendship and close association with him, his 

 death brings sorrow. This sadness and feeling of loss, however, 

 will gradually fade away and be replaced by fond memories of a 

 departed friend, a stalwart citizen, an ardent sportsman and a 

 nature lover. 



His remains rest peacefully in the Rural Cemetery at Stockton, 

 his old home, where much of his active life was spent. 



Bibliography of Lyman Belding. 



1878. Nesting-Habits of Parus montanus. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, III, 



April, 1878, pp. 102-103. 



1879. A partial list of the Birds of Central California. Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., I, March, 1879, pp. 388-449. 

 1883. Catalogue of a Collection of Birds made at various points along the 

 western Coast of Lower California, north of Cape St. Eugenio. 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, March 21, 1883, pp. 527-532. (Edited 

 by R. Ridgway.) 

 Catalogue of a Collection of Birds made near the Southern Ex- 

 tremity of the Peninsula of Lower California. Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., V, March, 1883, pp. 532-550. (Edited by R. Ridgway). 



