CASSINIA 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE DELAWARE 

 VALLEY ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB 



No. XVI. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 1912. 



George Archibald McCall 



BY WITMER STONE 



An army career in the first half of the nineteenth century 

 offered the best, indeed often the only, opportunity of visiting 

 the western and southern wilds of North America, then mainly 

 populated by Indians more or less hostile to the whites. 



Consequently it is not surprising that many an army officer 

 has contributed materially to our knowledge of the natural his- 

 tory of the country; some having an inherent interest in nature, 

 exploration or hunting, others doubtless influenced by the nov- 

 elties which they found about them. 



Prominent among these army naturalists was George A. Mc- 

 Call, whose name is perpetuated in our American Ornithology 

 by the Texas Screech Owl, Otus asio mccalli, which was named 

 in his honor by John Cassin, and described in the well-known 

 " Birds of California and Texas " " as a slight memento of long- 

 continued and unbroken friendship, and in testimony of our 

 high appreciation of him as a naturalist who has contributed 

 much of interest and importance, especially to the ornithology 

 of Western America." 





( APR 21 1914 



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