^'"'igif^"^] Strong, Professor C. 0. Whitman. 15 



32. Rhynchops nigra. — An early Record for the Massachusetts Coast. 

 Bull. Null. Orn. Club, Vol. VII, April, 1882, p. 125. 



33. Garzetta candidissima at Nantucket, Massachusetts. Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, Vol. VII, Oct. 1882, p. 251. 



34. Rare Warblers in Massachusetts. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VII, 

 Oct. 1882, p. 252. 



35. A Flock of White Herons (Herodias egretta) in Eastern Massachu- 

 setts. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VIII, Oct. 1883, pp. 242, 243. 



36. An Earher Occui-rence of the Prothonotary Warbler in Massachu- 

 setts. Auk, Vol. Ill, Oct. 1886, p. 488. 



SOME REMINISCENCES OF THE LATE PROFESSOR 

 C. O. WHITMAN. 



BY R. M. STRONG. 

 Plate II. 



A PROMINENT characteristic of Professor Whitman was his 

 success in the study of hve animals. On many occasions the 

 writer was impressed by Professor Whitman's abiUty to capture 

 and handle timid doves without the frantic struggles that would 

 occur with less skilful treatment. He was equally fortunate with 

 other animals. 



Young birds, taken from the nest, were reared with great success, 

 and they became very tame. The accompanying picture illus- 

 trates a characteristic scene in the yard back of his house. It shows 

 Professor Whitman standing in a pigeon cage, and was taken by 

 the writer, October 10, 1908. The Flicker perched on the pan and 

 feeding from Professor Whitman's hand was one of several which 

 were being reared because of their interesting color pattern. 



Professor Whitman enjoyed natural history work in the field, 

 though in his later years he seldom felt free to leave his pigeons 

 even for a half day in the country. One- of these exceptional 

 breaks occurred, however, on June 15, 1910, only a few months 

 before his death. In company with a colleague and the writer, 

 a marsh outside of Chicago where marsh birds were nesting in 



