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now. He is at Chatham, Cape Cod. 1 will try to see what I can 

 do with Mr. Downs' collection. The Cambridge collection is very 

 full. Your legs must be good to allow you to climb the Mt. 

 Desert mountains; my legs now are better for going down than 

 up lull. We are all very well here and the weather is tine and 

 cool. xUl join in kind regards to you and Mrs. Hallock. 

 Sincerely yours, 



Geo. A. Boakdman. 



Dr. Thomas Mayo Brewer who, with Prof. Baird and 

 Mr. Robert Ridgway, spent several years in bringing 

 out the History of North American Birds in five volumes, 

 was one of Mr. Boardman's correspondents and visited 

 him several times at his home in St. Stephen. He was 

 a native of Boston where he was born November 21, 

 1824, a graduate of Harvard university in the class of 

 1835 and of the Harvard Medical School in 1857. He 

 organized the publishing firm of Brewer & Tileston, 

 which was in business for many years. He edited an 

 edition of Wilson's American Ornithology and in 1859 

 the Smithsonian Institution published his Oology of 

 North America. His work on the History of North 

 American Birds was in the biographies of the species, 

 while the technical descriptions were written by Prof. 

 Baird and Mr. Ridgway. During the years 1875 and 

 1876 Dr. Brewer visited Great Britain and the European 

 continent, spending much time in a personal examination 

 and study of the great ornithological collections in those 

 countries. 



Writing to Mr. Boardman under date of May 20, 1868, 

 Dr. Brewer says : "I am glad you have the nest and 

 eggs of the Canada Jay. It is a great prize. Let me 

 have the nest to describe before you let it go out of your 

 hands. The same in regard to those of the Pine Finch 



