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of his friends and associates, but even of those whom he felt it his duty to 

 prosecute for violations of the law to the support of which his life is pledged. 

 "Deserving, however, as he was of the place he filled while in the full 

 enjoyment of health and during a life of extraordinary activity, he never 

 was more worthy the esteem of the friends or foes of bird protection than 

 at this moment when, with almost more than human fortitude, unbroken 

 by a year of sore trial, he faces the future with the patience and courage 

 of a truly brave man." 



Notwithstanding some unexpected delays, and a shorter time for the 

 work, than was anticipated, the ornithological results of Mr. A. C. Bent's 

 (see anlea, p. 292) expedition to the Aleutian Islands were important in 

 the amount of material obtained and in opportunities for field work. A 

 delay of three weeks at Seattle, Washington, gave opportunity for col- 

 lecting a good series of the local birds, including three specimens of the 

 rare Northern Spotted Owl. Another delay in starting for the north 

 prevented the expedition from reaching Unalaska till June 4, and its 

 vessel, the U. S. Revenue Cutter 'Takoma,' was detailed early in July to 

 the Bering Sea patrol. This left only a little more than three weeks in 

 which to make the 1600 mile trip out to Attu Island and return. During 

 the trip, however, collections were made at Akim, Amaknak, Unalaska, 

 Atka, Kiska, Attu, Tanaga, and Adak islands, four or five days being 

 spent at each. About 200 specimens of Ptarmigan were obtained (among 

 them a new form), and good series of the land birds, including two species, 

 Asiatic stragglers, new to the North American list, and one specimen of 

 the rare Fisher's Petrel. On July 3, Messrs. Bent, Beck, and McKechnie 

 sailed north on the gasolene schooner 'Polar Bear,' leaving Wetmore at 

 Unalaska to visit Unimak Island and then work slowly homeward along 

 the south side of the Alaska Peninsula, while Bent and his party visited 

 the Pribilof Islands and went thence north to St. Matthew and Hall 

 islands. They passed the famous volcanic island, Bogoslof, swarming 

 with colonies of Pallas's Murre. They reached Nome July 11, where the 

 party remained collecting for a week, when Bent and McKechnie returned 

 to Seattle, leaving Beck to continue the work there till September. By the 

 middle of July about 1000 birds had been collected, with Beck and Wet- 

 more still in the field. 



We are indebted to Mr. E. A. Goldman of the Bureau of Biological 

 Survey for the following statement of progress in the Biological Survey 

 of the Panama Canal Zone (see antea, p. 152), from which it appears that 

 the field work has been practically finished. Mr. Goldman reports as 

 follows: 



"On December 22, 1910, I sailed from New York for Panama where 

 I was engaged until the latter part of June on the Biological Survey of 

 the Canal Zone which is being carried on by the Smithsonian Institution. 



