CASSINIA 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE DELAWARE 

 VALLEY ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB 



No. XXII. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 1918, 



Cassinia. 



Since the biography of John Cassin was published in the first 

 issue of this journal several additional items of interest regard- 

 ing the man have come to our knowledge. Dr. Coues' eloquent 

 tribute to Cassin which was published in " The Condor " shortly 

 after our sketch appeared, was republished in Cassinia for 1902 

 and we now present some additional matter which has accumu- 

 lated in the meantime. 



In looking over the roll of students of the Friends' Boarding 

 School at Westtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, we found 

 that Cassin had received his early education there, a fact that 

 was referred to in the biography of John K. Townsend, in 

 Cassinia for 1903. It is now our good fortune to have before 

 us a copy of Dr. Darlington's classic " Florula Cestrica," which 

 belonged to Cassin and was used by him while a student at 

 Westtown school. It is inscribed on the fly-leaf : ' ' John 

 Cassin' s Florula Cestrica, Westtown School, 3rd. Mo. 12th., 

 1830." Further examination shows on the blank leaves at the 

 end of the volume a list in Cassin's handwriting entitled "Ap- 

 pendix No. 2. Plants found by J. Cassin, not described in 

 this book, 1830," with a further reference "See Eaton's Manual 

 for further information. ' ' There is also a note at the bottom of 

 the last printed page as follows: "J. Cassin examined during 

 the season of 1830, 385 of the plants described in this Book." 



