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Smithsonian Institution. He was a member and officer of the Josselyn 

 Botanical Club and also a member of the American Chemical Society. 

 He had formed a scientific library which he left to the Bangor Public 

 Library. 



In the death of Dr. Knight science has lost a most promising student and 

 a large circle of associates, a valued friend. He had a very high sense of 

 honor and was a noble example of true manhood. He was a deep student 

 of human nature and weighed very carefully those with whom he came in 

 contact. He did not make close friends as readily as some, but once he 

 counted anyone a friend, he was his staunch supporter, and the word friend 

 had a deep meaning to him. 



The writer for many years has enjoyed his close friendship and has had 

 the pleasure of many days association with him, wading the Orono Bog in 

 the haunts of the Yellow Palm Warbler, or passing pleasant evenings in his 

 home or in his chemical laboratory. To him Dr. Knight's death comes as 

 an irreparable loss. — J. M. S. 



Fred. Benjamin Spaulding, an Associate of the American Ornithologists' 

 Union, died on October 22, 1913, after a short and painful illness. He was 

 born in the town of Lancaster, New Hampshire, on the 7th of June, 1867, 

 and was the son of William C. and Harriet S. Spaulding. 



His boyhood days were spent on a typical New England farm nestled 

 close to the foot hills of the White Mountains. He attended the public 

 school and proved a good student and on the expiration of his study there 

 he entered the Lancaster Academy. On leaving the Academy Mr. Spauld- 

 ing was employed by Frank Smith & Co., for several years and then entered 

 the Eastman Business College. Here he learned practical business methods 

 and upon leaving returned to Lancaster, where, in 1899, he joined with Mr. 

 C. Moore in establishing a flour and grain business, of which he later 

 acquired entire control. 



Mr. Spaulding's fellow townsmen acknowledged his business qualities 

 and he served terms as their Selectman, and was sent to the Legislature, 

 in 1910, where he made an enviable record. 



He married on June 7, 1892, Miss Hattie N. L. Connor and this union 

 proved a very happy one, blessed with two children. 



Students of bird life and lovers of the out door world have experienced 

 a great loss in the death of Mr. Spaulding. He was a man loved by many 

 and a model for field workers to follow, making a careful, studious, and 

 conservative observer of nature. I recall with pleasure a few weeks spent 

 with him at the delightful home which he and his wife made the living 

 example of the word hospitality. During the bright days spent with him 

 we were constantly in the field and each day he unfolded the home life of 

 some avian resident that heretofore I had known only as a migrant. 

 It is a pity more observers are not of his type. His idea was not only to 

 compile a local list but to know each bird's household as his own. 



Among the interesting results shown by his careful study are several 



