IN MEMORIAM: 

 Dr. James G. Cooper. 



OUR beloved honorary member and distinguished 

 naturalist, Dr. James G. Cooper has passed 

 away, and with him we lose a man of sterling 

 worth and lofty character, a man who has gained an 

 enviable repxitation in his chosen subject of Natural 

 History, and who has left many and valuable works in the 

 field of Ornithology. 



It seems but a few years since I first met this slender 

 gentleman in the small country postoifice which he held 

 in connection with the only drug store in Hayward. 

 That was in 1877. Three years ago last March he sat 

 among us, for the last time in public, for the study of 

 his favorite work, ornithology. Tho not of a strong 

 constitution, he has been the last to answer the final call 

 of the Creator, of that original group of naturalists 

 gathered around the side of Prof. Baird in the early 

 days of the Smithsonian Institution. 



Dr. Cooper's life was one of strong work, earn- 

 estly done, as one who clearly saw the facts of natural 

 science, and who fully appreciated the bearing of one 

 branch of zoology upon another, and upon allied sub- 

 jects. This will be noted in his early study of forests 

 and distribution, and many are the younger zoologists 

 who will think of him in future years when they consult 



