6 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



" McCall is quite excited about my new book; he has been 

 urging me to it for the last six months and is getting notes 

 ready." 



It will thus be seen that General McCall played no small part 

 in building up our knowledge of the North American Avifauna, 

 although like many other field naturalists he had no selfish de- 

 sire to gain notoriety by publishing all his notes over his own 

 name, but gave the results of his experience cheerfully to others, 

 who could use them in the advancement of his favorite science. 



He gave many valuable specimens to the Philadelphia Acad- 

 emy, not only birds but mammals and reptiles as well, and 

 among the latter his name is perpetuated in that of the curious 

 Horned Lizard of New Mexico, Anota mccallii, named by Mr. 

 Hallowell from a specimen collected by Gen. McCall. 



The published observations by Gen. McCall constitute ap- 

 parently but a small portion of the natural history lore with 

 which his mind was stocked, but we have enough to show that 

 he should occupy a high place in that wonderful group of early 

 naturalists whose activities centered about the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and whose explorations car- 

 ried them far beyond the then frontier boundaries of our 

 country. 



