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to J. F. Daniel's " Elasmobranch Fishes" (3rd. eel., 1934, 

 octavo, 322 pp., 270 figs.). 



But even this was equalled by the final article in the 

 Memorial Volume, ' ' The Heterodontid Sharks : Their 

 Natural History and the Development of Heteroclontiis 

 japonicus, Based on Notes and Drawings by Bashford 

 Dean." — 138 quarto pp., 7 lithographed plates (5 in 

 natural color) and 69 text-figs. This I (as editor) had 

 held for Smith and for the final article in the Memorial 

 Volume, and when (October 1, 1942) I handed him the 

 first copy from the binder, I said, ' ' This is the high note 

 of the Volume, and also of your scientific writings. ' ' But 

 little did I apprehend how true the latter statement was 

 to be. 



Dr. Smith retired from his work in N. Y. University, 

 September 1, 1942, settled up his affairs in the East and 

 presently went to Albuquerque, N. M., where he bought 

 a house and settled down to adapt it and the grounds 

 (with Ms own hands) to make it a home. Things went 

 well until in the Spring of 1945 he began to have heart 

 attacks, to one of which he succumbed on July 30. Thus 

 passed a fine man, who made elaborate studies of the 

 natural history and embryology of one of the least known 

 American amphibians. Later he made similar additions 

 to our knowledge of the natural history, anatomy and 

 embryology of two archaic sharks. These notable mono- 

 graphs, the outcome of ability and persistent hard work, 

 are the monuments in American Zoology to Dr. Bertram 

 Garner Smith. 



