pressed the sentiments of all when, in advising Dr. 

 Cooper of the action, he wrote: "The Club which was 

 named in your honor was organized June 22, 1893. * 



* As an organization of comparatively young work- 

 ers, we all feel indebted to yourself and the few re- 

 maining veteran ornithologists for the excellent and 

 valuable material which you have prepared in the years 

 past." 



James G. Cooper was born June 19, 1830, in New 

 York, being the eldest of a family of six children. In 

 the spring of 1837, nis father, William Cooper, moved 

 to New Jersey and settled at Slongha, near Hoboken, 

 where James commenced his school life, but it was not 

 until he was ten years of age that his school life really 

 began, as prior to this time he was subject to many 

 and severe spells of illness. As he was obliged to walk 

 a mile or more through the fields, he took many of the 

 side paths for the purpose of hunting birds, shells, 

 snakes and other objects of natural history, thus early 

 showing the tendency which has marked his later 

 years. During this period and the succeeding years, 

 he was largely indebted to his father for his education 

 and real preparation for his after career. It may be 

 proper that we devote a few words to the father who 

 exerted so great an influence in the son. 



His father, William Cooper, was born in the year 

 1798, and was the son of James Cooper, an English 

 merchant, who, coming to New York shortly after the 



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