'The Days of a Man 1912 



Lave of you a statesman." But the naturalist never dis- 

 btrds appeared. In 1912, during an automobile drive 

 across the Santa Clara Valley, I noted his keen 

 interest in the sparrows and warblers of roadside 

 thickets. These he could call by their first names, 

 and mostly by their second. In the Yosemite, with 

 John Muir, he observed facts in bird and squirrel 

 life which had escaped even his keen-eyed and 

 sympathetic companion. 



In our exploration of Hawaii in 1901, Evermann 

 and I came across a very beautiful fish, the kali 

 kali, golden yellow with broad crossbands of deep 

 crimson. This then bore the name of Serranus 

 brigbamiy given it by its discoverer, Alvin Scale. 

 But the species was no Serranus, and it was plainly 

 the type of a new genus. We therefore called it 

 Rooseveltia, in honor of "Theodore Roosevelt, Natu- 

 ralist," and in recognition of his services in the 

 promotion of zoological research. With this compli- 

 ment he was "delighted." "Who would not be?" 

 he said. 



In the various natural history explorations under- 

 taken by me and by others during his admin- 

 istration, one could always count on intelligent and 

 effective sympathy; and in so far as scientific ap- 

 pointments rested with him, he always gave them 

 Deep-sea full and intelligent consideration. In 1905 I was 

 preparing with much enthusiasm to take charge of 

 an exploration on the Albatross of the deep seas 

 around Japan. 1 Talking it over with me and 

 pounding the table with his fist for emphasis, he 

 said: 



1 Events to be related in my second volume kept me at home, and the 

 expedition of 1906 was led by Dr. Gilbert. 



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