Vol. XI n Notes and Nexvs. tQQ 



.895 J ^^ 



in 1858, to which Mr. Lawrence contributed the parts relating to several 

 orders of the Water Birds; and for his well known 'Catalogue of Birds 

 observed on New York, Long and Staten Islands, and the adjacent 

 parts of New Jersey,' published in 1866. He was an intimate friend and 

 scientific associate of the late Professor Baird, and also of Audubon. 

 During the later years of his life the infirmities incident to age greatly 

 lessened his activity in scientific research, but in no way diminished his 

 interest in the science to which he had devoted so many years of his 

 life, his ornithological publications covering a period of fifty years. His 

 high standing as a specialist in his chosen field is well attested by the 

 honorary memberships conferred upon him by many of the leading scien- 

 tific societies and academies of not only his own country but of Europe. 

 His amiability of character endeared him to a wide circle of friends, so 

 that in his death his scientific associates mourn the loss of a personal 

 friend as well as an esteemed fellow-worker. 



In order that proper respect may be shown by the Members of the 

 A. O. U. as a body to the memory of deceased members, the following 

 resolution was adopted at the Tenth Congress of the Union :— 



" Resolved : That on the decease of any Active Member of the Union, 

 the President shall appoint a Committee of One to prepare a suitable 

 memorial of the life and work of the deceased, to be read at the first 

 Stated Meeting of the Union, and to be published in ' The Auk ' as an 

 expression of the sense of the Union." 



Mr. Lawrence is the first deceased member coming within the scope of 

 this resolution since its adoption, and, in accordance with its provisions, 

 the President, Dr. Coues, has appointed Mr. D. C Elliot as the memori- 

 alist of Mr. Lawrence — a selection singularly fitting, inasmuch as to no 

 member of the Union is the life and work of the late Mr. Lawrence better 

 known than to his long intimate associate Mr. Elliot. The eulogy will be 

 read at the next Annual Meeting of the Union and published in 'The 

 Auk' for January, 1896. 



Dr. Frederick H. Hoadley of New Haven, an Associate Member 

 of the American Ornithologists' Union, died at Palm Beach, Florida, 

 February 26, 1895, aged 45 years. While only an amateur in ornithology 

 he was a great lover of birds and contributed many field notes to the 

 record books of his ornithological friends. 



He spent much time in the Adirondacks, but his most important 

 ornithological observations were made on the west coast of Greenland 

 and in Smith Sound, which region he visited in 1882 in the capacity of 

 Surgeon-Naturalist to the first Greely Relief Expedition. His collection 

 was presented to the United States National Museum. 



Dr. Hoadley was a graduate of Yale and a man of more than ordinary 

 ability. His death will be mourned by a large circle of friends. 



