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It is a pity that his pecularities and his unfortunate early ornithological 

 experiences kept him from associating intimately with ornithologists, or 

 taking part in the activities of scientific societies. His books contain 

 some beautiful sketches of nature about the Delaware Valley and he was 

 the only writer of his class who did for the Carolinian birds such as the Chat, 

 Tufted Tit, Cardinal etc., what the New England writers have done for 

 the more northern species. Dr. Abbott was married in 1874 and is sur- 

 vived by his widow and a son and daughter. The burning of his old home 

 not very long before his death and the loss of many of his valued manu- 

 scripts etc., was a severe blow, and cast a gloom over the remaining years 

 of his life.— W. S. 



Edward Everett Brewster, an Associate of the A. O. U. since 1893, 

 died at Shenectady, N. Y. on July 1, 1919. He was born March 24, 1856, 

 at West Cornwall, Connecticut, graduated at the Westfield, Mass., High 

 School in 1875, and from Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, in 

 1878, with the degree of Ph.B. in chemistry. In January, 1881, he accepted 

 a position with the Menominee Mining Company of Norway, Michigan, 

 and February 19, 1883, was transferred to their Chapin mine at Iron 

 Mountain, in the same State. In 1891, he became chemist of the Pewabic 

 Company of Iron Mountain, which position he held until his death. In 

 1918 he removed to Iron River, Mich., to take the position of Supervising 

 Chemist of the Osana Grading Association, which graded the ore from 

 seven different mines, the ore shipped annually amounting to about a 

 million and a quarter tons. 



He married Elizabeth Tayler Edwards in 1888, and they had four 

 children. For twenty-one years Mr. Brewster was one of the trustees of 

 the Iron Mountain public schools, being president of the board for three 

 years. 



Always interested in natural history, he was an enthusiastic bird-lover 

 and made considerable collections of skins and eggs, which have been 

 generously presented to the Michigan Agricultural College by his heirs. 

 Among the birds is the Yellow-headed Blackbird taken at Iron Mountain 

 May 17, 1890, which constituted the first record of that species for the 

 State. The egg collection comprises upward of two hundred sets, mainly 

 local, and all prepared with the most painstaking care. 



Mr. Brewster contributed many notes to Professor Cook's 'Birds of 

 Michigan' (1893), and was especially helpful to the writer in preparing 

 'Michigan Bird Life' (1912). In spite of the exacting demands of his 

 profession he kept ever in touch with the wild life about him and his in- 

 frequent letters invariably contained facts of his own observation which 

 testified to a keen insight and unflagging interest. 



He is buried at his birthplace, West Cornwall, Connecticut. — Walter 

 B. Barrows. 



Barron Brainerd, an Associate of the Union since 1917, died in Brook- 

 ine, Mass., May 15, 1919, following an illness of two months. Mr. 



