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Vols. I; II, 1871-1882), and 'A Dictionary of Birds' (1893-1896). The 

 latter is made up largely of earlier contributions to the 'Encyclopaedia 

 Britannica,' here revised, often amplified, and brought down to date, 

 with the assistance of several collaborators, as Dr. Gadow for the ana- 

 tomical subjects and Dr. Lydekker for palseornithology. His minor 

 contributions to the proceedings of various scientific societies and natu- 

 ral history journals are numerous and cover a wide range of ornitho- 

 logical subjects. His 'Dictionary of Birds,' however, is his enduring 

 monument, and is the one ornithological work of greatest service to 

 the greatest number. Newton's preeminent erudition in the field of 

 ornithology, his excellent judgment in all matters bearing upon its 

 history and development, and his unsurpassed clearness of exposition, 

 are especially exemplified in the 'Dictionary,' the introduction to which 

 is a critical review of the literature of ornithology of value for all time. 



Professor Newton received medals from the Linnsean and Royal Societies 

 of London, and served repeatedly as Vice-President of the Royal Society 

 and of the Zoological Society, and was President of the Cambridge Philo- 

 sophical Society. He took a deep interest in bird protection, first bring- 

 ing the subject to the attention of the British Association for the 

 Advancement of Science in 1868, and later securing the enactment of 

 various Acts of Parliament for their protection. He was also chairman 

 for many years of the British Association Committee on the Migration 

 of Birds. 



Doubtless few American ornithologists who have been in England have 

 failed to visit Cambridge to make the acquaintance of this great master, 

 who has won their respect, not to say affection, to a greater extent than 

 any other foreign ornithologist. He was also a most genial and faithful 

 correspondent. In a letter of his to the writer, dated 18 May, 1907, and 

 thus written but three weeks before his death, he refers to himself as hav- 

 ing been "more or less of an invalid" for the previous two months, but 

 there is nothing to imply serious illness, or to arouse apprehension for the 

 future. The news of his death by a cable dispatch from London thus came 

 as a sad surprise. 



Thomas Henry Douglass, one of Illinois' best informed ornithologists, 

 died at Los Angeles, Cal., April 2, 1907. Mr. and Mrs. Douglass left their 

 home in Waukegan, 111., in December to visit California, as they had done 

 in several previous years. Mr. Douglass had a severe cold, and later heart 

 trouble developed, which soon terminated fatally. He was 55 years old, 

 and during the sixties and seventies did a good deal of active field work 

 among the birds of Lake County, Illinois, securing many rare specimens of 

 birds and eggs, which were then new to the State. Mr. Douglass con- 

 ducted one of the largest nurseries in this country, his specialty being Coni- 

 fers of every variety, which he raised from seeds and supplied the young 

 trees to most of the other nurseries in the United States. He was a 



