DELAWARE VALLEY ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 9 



famous in our Club's annals by the accounts of George Morris, 

 who first introduced DeHaven to this delectable spot. Later 

 on he purchased this island and again entertained members of 

 the Club at a cabin which he had erected there. Here he indulged 

 his ornithological interests at times when game was not in season, 

 adding many interesting specimens to his collection, which at 

 his request has been presented to the Academy by his sisters, 

 and now forms part of the local study series which is made up of 

 the collections of many other members of the Club with whom 

 DeHaven was closely associated. 



He joined the Academy in 1896 and used to attend the meetings 

 regularly in the old days. I learn from his sister, who has furnished 

 the data on his early life, that it had always been his ambition as a 

 young man to become eligible to membership in this institution to 

 which his grandfather, John C. DaCosta, had belonged. He was an 

 associate of the American Ornithologists' Union from 1893 to 1908, 

 and contributed a note on Brunnich's Murre at Cape Charles, 

 Va., to 'The Auk' in 1896, while he recorded a number of notes 

 on birds and game to 'Forest and Stream' as well as to ' Cassinia,' 

 though he preferred to place his interesting observations on record 

 by verbally reporting them to the meetings rather than by writing 

 them out for publication. 



DeHaven's energy and enthusiasm were contagious. We can 

 picture him in memory, keen with delight as he pulled in weak 

 fish one after another as he lay in his skiff at the exact spot in the 

 channel where his minute knowledge of tides and water told him 

 was the right place; or striding across the brown marshes in 

 pursuit of small marsh sparrows which his unerring gun brought 

 down in ample series; or seeking out the nests of Laughing Gulls 

 with shouts of exultation; and then we can recall his deep booming 

 voice at the Club meetings, as he reviewed the results of our field 

 work at the shore for the benefit of those who were not of the party. 



The Club has had no more loyal member than "Norrie" 

 DeHaven. To its every interest he gave his aid and to every in- 

 dividual his generous assistance, and the memories of those delight- 

 ful days on board the 'Widgeon' will linger as long as life lasts in 

 the minds of those of us who were privileged to share them with 

 him. 



