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''I in- Booming of the Bittern' in 'I he Auk' for January, L889, and an even 

 dozen of General Noti at intervals from 1886 to 1906. He also contributed 

 two article to 'Bird-Lore' and during the years L0O7 10 he printed twelve 

 null in i In- '( londor.' 



li w.i through in literary writings, however, that Mr. Torrey rendered 

 lii . in I ervice He combined to a very unusual extenl the scientific with 

 the esthetic habit ol mind. He was always accurate and careful in fiin 

 ob ervations and statements, and he bad a happy way of turning • ■;< a in:* 

 cientific doubt and disappointments to good account in a literary way, 

 as when his long search for Ravens in North Carolina ended with the 

 bagging of a 'brace of interrogation points.' His combination of enthu- 

 i.i m with a humorous detachment was also one of his greate I charm a a 

 writer, and one which made it poi ible for readei without any particular 

 knowledge of or interest in birds to enjoy his writing almost a much as the 

 confirmed bird-lover. Besides this he had a gentle and cheerful philosophy 

 that led him to interest him ell in hi fellow men, whom he considered, 

 after all, quoting Script urea ihewa fond of doing, to be 'of more value than 

 many sparrows.' The birds, ••■ well b the trees and wild flowers which 

 al o occupied much of hi att< nt ion, be n garded a a pai I of outdoor oat ure, 

 and his essays are picturi of the landscape of Nen Hampshire, Cape 

 Cod, Florida, Arizona no less than accounts of the birds he found there. 

 Hi tyl< i convi i ational, chatty we may call it, but exact and carefully 

 con idered, and he spared no pains in the preparation and revision of din 

 oopj for publication. 



Mr Torrej wa a lover of music and for yean a regular attendant at the 

 Symphony concert in Bo ton. Mis own instrument was the piano, upon 

 which hewa i f ond of improvii ing In his social relations he was too modest 

 and retiring to form a wid< acquaintance, but he was much loved by the 

 small circle of his more int imate friends, who found him always sincere and 

 loyal and of an even, cheery temper, while no one could tail with him 

 without being impre ed by the fineness and rare purity of his character 



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Wz have ju I beenadvi ed of the death on January 8, 1898, of Valdemar 

 Knudsen who n a i lectn 'I a < torrespondent of the American ( >rni1 hologists' 

 Union in 1888 when he was actively engaged in studying the birds of the 

 Hawaiian [stands, making his home on Kauai. He at that time sent 

 numerous collection to the U. S. National Museum which wen d< cribed 

 ifi papers by Di Leonhard Stejneger who named Puffinw knudeeni and 

 HimantQput knudeeni in honor of the collector. Mr. Knudsen was born 

 in Nbi 6, \h'sj. 



Mr. \\ ii.i im.i, no i,i,Di, of the Field Museum of Natural History re- 

 turned in October from a nine months' trip in South America, having cro ed 

 i In- A mil of noil In -m Peru and da cended the Amazon Rivi i to il mouth. 

 Hi wa accompanied by Mr. Malcolm P. Anderson who ha remained for 



