koinhtm Society since 1897 • !•▼© never had a 

 systematie course in ornithology^ but I was in the 

 Bidst of ornithologists and biologists^ and I went 

 on expeditions with them* I remember going across 

 Hew Jersey on a collection trip with Witmer Stone 

 and ^» A* Q* Hehn^ now a well-known entomologist* 

 We took a horse and wagon and tasks for eollecting 

 specimens* We slept out In the open in the pine 

 barrens « and even in the populated £ast« it was so 

 unsettled in the heart of Hew Jersey that «• 

 traveled two days without seeing a person* 



In 1900 I went to assist in the course in 

 ornithology at Woods Hole, Massachusetts* 

 Br* Thomas Montgomery of the University of Pennsyl- 

 vania had charge of the ornithological work the re ^ 

 and he invited me to assist hin, and that was quite 

 an experience* That summer the entire school was 

 under Dr* 0* P. Whitman of the University of 

 Chieago* One of the guest lecturers was Dr. E* L* 

 Thorndike, the psychologist* Afterwards « X always 

 boasted that hm was in my class, but it was very 

 casual attendance* Dr* Herman Bumpus was one of 

 the important people, and Dr* Walcott* Then there 

 was a man interested in marine life* We called him 

 "King Crab" Patton because he was a specialist in 

 the king erab« 



