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For the profession of forestry, Mr. Woodruff was admirably fitted by 

 education and by temperament, and he had already made his mark in a 

 career that promised much for the country at large. He was the right 

 man in the right place, and forestry can ill afford to lose men of his Stirling 

 qualities and mental calibre. 



Those of us who have been fortunate in knowing Mr. Woodruff as a 

 friend cannot soon forget a personality that never failed to attract even 

 strangers through a naturalness of manner that bespoke a warm heart and 

 a sincerity of purpose beyond the ordinary. We feel that ornithology, 

 too, has suffered a loss, for ornithologists will miss from their ranks a com- 

 panion who was filled with enthusiasm and energy. — J. D., Jr. 



The Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Audubon Society of the State 

 of New York was held at the American Museum of Natural History, 

 March 18, 1909. The President of the Society, Henry Fairfield Osborn, 

 presided. The report of Miss Emma H. Lockwood, Secretary-Treasurer, 

 showed that the Society had been active in protecting the birds of the 

 State, and in supplying literature relating to bird protection and bird 

 study for the use of teachers and others, so far as its available funds per- 

 mitted. Mr. William Dutcher, the President of the National Association 

 of Audubon Societies, and Chairman of the New York Society's Commit- 

 tee on Legislation, presented a report on current legislative matters with 

 particular reference to a bill now before the New York Legislature, the 

 passage of which would practically prohibit the sale of the plumage of all 

 New York State birds for millinery purposes. Mr. Dutcher asked all the 

 members of the Society to urge their representatives at Albany to support 

 this bill. 



Following Mr. Dutcher's report, Mr. Louis Agassiz Fuertes, the well- 

 known bird-artist, made an address on birds and their music, which he 

 illustrated with chalk sketches in color of the birds and imitations of 

 their songs. There was also an exhibition in the Bird Hall of the Museum 

 of a large series of paintings of birds by Mr. Fuertes. 



The Darwin Memorial Celebration held at the American Museum of 

 Natural History, February 12, 1909, by the New York Academy of 

 Sciences, was made the occasion of the presentation by the Academy to 

 the Museum of a bronze bust of Darwin, with appropriate ceremonies. 

 It was permanently installed at the entrance to the Synoptic Hall, which 

 was renamed and dedicated as "The Darwin Hall of Invertebrate Zool- 

 ogy"; bronze tablets thus inscribed have been placed at the entrance 

 to the hall. The presentation address was made by Charles Finney Cox, 

 President of the Academy, and the address of acceptance by Henry Fair- 

 field Osborn, President of the Museum. Other addresses were by Prof. 

 John James Stevenson on 'Darwin and Geology'; by Dr. Nathaniel Lord 

 Britton on 'Darwin and Botany'; by Dr. Hermon Carey Bumpus on 

 'Darwin and Zoology.' 



