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NOTES AND NEWS. 



Pikrre Louis Jouy, born in New York City February 8, 1856, died in 

 Tucson, Arizona, on March 22, 1894, of consumption of the lungs. 



It is with sincere grief that we make the announcement, for we can but 

 illy spare from our ranks men of his stamp, men who devote their lives 

 to the study of Nature from pure and unselfish love of her, men whose 

 first aim is truth and the beautiful, and whose own self comes in 

 only for second place. He was, moreover, a man of keen observation 

 and of sound judgment, qualities which under more favorable circum- 

 stances would have insured him a prominent rank among his fellow- 

 workers. Finally, he was a gentleman to the core, honest to a fault, 

 conscientious as few, in brief, a man to be trusted and relied upon. And 

 as he felt, so he spoke; indignant at injustice and sham pretensions, he 

 was often severe in his condemnation of what he considered a wrong, 

 sometimes to his own detriment, though that had no influence with him, 

 for he was above simulating. It is needless to add that being of such a 

 character he was a delightful companion and a faithful friend to those 

 who were fortunate enough to possess his confidence. 



Although his interests and work were scattered over a wide field, ornith- 

 ology was, from an early day, his favorite study, and naturally enough his 

 first interest centered around the birds of Washington, D. C, where most 

 of his life was spent, an interest which gradually extended to those of our 

 entire continent. But Professor S. F. Baird, one of whose devoted pupils 

 he was, had use for him in other fields, and as an opportunity offered 

 itself in 18S1 he went out to China and Japan, where he made extensive 

 zoological and ethnological collections for the Smithsonian Institution. 

 His ornithological collections from Central Japan were particularly 

 valuable, both on account of their richness and quality, and especially 

 because of the full notes and important observations which accompanied 

 them. The ornithological results were embodied in a paper published in 

 the 'Proceedings' of the U. S. National Museum, VI, 1SS3, pp. 273-318, 

 one of the most important contributions to our knowledge of the Japanese 

 avifauna. From Japan he went to Korea temporarily attached to the 

 United States Legation. At the capital he at once set to work to bring 

 together one of the largest and most valuable collections of natural 

 history ever made in that distant country, then nearly entirely unknown, 

 collections which were afterwards enriched and completed during a 

 sojourn of several years at Fusan while holding a position in the Chinese 

 custom service of Korea. These collections, after his return to this 

 country, were acquired for the greater part by the U. S. National Museum , 

 and it was always his intention ami fondest hope to be able to work up 

 the splended material which he had gathered, but the museum at first 

 needed his services in other branches, and afterwards failing health, which 



