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in the world where a naturalist depending upon books to aid him 

 in his investigations can more easily and satisfactorily accomplish 

 the completion of his labor. 



In 1884 Sclater came to America for the second time, the reason 

 being the meeting of the British Association that year in Montreal, 

 and he was present at one of the early meetings of the American 

 Ornithologists' Union. I saw much of him during his stay in New 

 York at that time. He did no scientific work on this trip, but 

 met many of his old friends and made the acquaintance of a number 

 of those whom heretofore he had known only by reputation. 



Sclater's position as Secretary of the Zoological Society gave 

 him great opportunities for seeing and acquiring specimens of 

 birds and mammals, and other zoological material. 



His office at 11 Hanover Square, was the general meeting place 

 of all naturalists in London, whether residents or visitors, and he 

 was in constant correspondence with all those who were interested 

 in natural science in every part of the world. Consequently 

 material poured in upon him from all quarters, and his opportunities 

 for discovering new forms were equalled by few and surpassed by 

 none. It is hot surprising therefore that those he supplied with 

 names amounted to considerably over a thousand, and his papers 

 on many scientific subjects to something like fifteen hundred. 



Although ornithology was his chief study, he did a large amount 

 of work in mammology, and he made important contributions to 

 the families of the Deer, and Rhinoceros, and on various genera of 

 American and African Monkeys. His published works of which he 

 was the sole author or in co-operation with others, amounted to 

 nearly thirty, of which, in mammalogy the most important was 

 " The Book of Antelopes," by Sclater and Thomas, in four volumes 

 containing descriptions of all the known species, and life histories 

 so far as known, and 100 colored plates of many forms; and in 

 birds, perhaps, "The Exotic Ornithology" by Sclater and Salvin, 

 issued in large and small folio, with one hundred colored plates of 

 birds of the Neotropical Regions. 



Sclater was an indefatigable worker, never seeming to grow weary, 

 and no one with any less powers for continuing steadily at his 

 task for long periods could have possibly accomplished as much as 

 he did, even in the course of an equal number of years. 



