6 PEOCEEDINGS OF THE 



founded soon after I came to the Academy and moved its meet- 

 ing place to this institution in 1891. Brown was elected 

 an Associate on October 6 of that year and became an Active 

 Member January 7, 1897, served as Treasurer 1901-1907; as 

 Vice President 1908-12, and as President 1913-1915. He be- 

 came an Associate of the American Ornithologists' Union in No- 

 vember, 1895 and took a prominent part in arranging for and 

 managing the several meetings that were held in Philadelphia. 



On all his botanical trips he was constantly alert for ornitho- 

 logical information and favored the Club with many most inter- 

 esting communications. As early as 1891 he addressed us on 

 bird-life at Harvey's Lake, Pa., and later on ornithological 

 observations at Point Pleasant, N. J., Tobyhanna and Ganoga, 

 Pa., while he accompanied Francis R. Cope, Jr., on an ornitho- 

 logical trip through Clinton and Potter Cos. , Pa. , which was re- 

 ported upon in Cassinia for 1901. His observations on the birds 

 of the West Indies, Bermuda and Venezuela were still more 

 noteworthy communications, while his wide experience fur- 

 nished material for comments in various discussions at numer- 

 ous meetings. 



His technical contributions as we have already said were by 

 no means the full measure of his worth to the D. V. 0. C. 

 His cheerful smile and cordial greeting, his constant attendance 

 at meetings so long as health permitted, and his never-failing 

 assumption of responsibilities and proffer of assistance — these 

 were the qualities that remain indelibly in our memory, quali- 

 ties as precious as they are rare. 



It is distressing to see so active a career cut short as was his 

 by the serious illnesses which beset him in 1913 and 1915-1916 

 and by the accident that befell him in 1920 and culminated in 

 his death on March 14, 1921. And yet the manly way in 

 which he faced the inevitable and the continued cheerfulness 

 with which he turned to find enjoyment in the limited field of 

 his garden, where the cultivation of flowers and the study of 

 such casual birds as came there had to take the place of trips 

 farther afield, could not help but inspire greater respect and 

 affection for him in the hearts of those of us who knew him best. 



It will be a gratification to all of us to remember the keen 



