REAR WALL OF PATIO, SHOWING MEMORIAL TABLET 



"This Building is given to the MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE OOLOGY 

 by MARY PIERREPONT BUSHNELL HAZARD as a Memorial to her Hus- 

 band, ROWLAND GIBSON HAZARD, and especially to preserve and exhibit 

 his collection of eggs, begun in boyhood, and bequeathed by him to this Museum. 



"Here at the quiet limit of the World may beauty be, and birds bring 

 peace." 



In graceful acknowledgement of these splendid gifts Mr. Marwick replied: 



"On behalf of the Trustees of the Museum and through them of the Citi- 

 zens of Santa Barbara, I accept with profound thanks this very beautiful and 

 complete Museum building, and these charming woodlands lor a bird refuge, 

 which you have so generously presented to us. 



"I am sure that they will prove a great source of inspiration to the people 

 of Santa Barbara, and especially to its High School and to other students of 

 biology, besides being an attraction to scientists throughout the world; for it is 

 an interesting fact that we have a greater list of contributing members scattered 

 over all the great continents of the world than we have hitherto had of local 

 members. With this splendid gift as an incentive, we hope that the residents of 

 Santa Barbara will now accord to us their cordial support. 



"I greatly regret that I did not enjoy the pleasure of knowing Mr. Hazard 

 personallv, but I can testify that in his lifetime no one, excepting our Director, 

 who is a genius in his chosen profession, has done so much for the Museum as he 

 did; and surely his interest and good work for it have lived after him and blos- 

 somed and yielded a wonderful fruit. 



"To you, Mrs. Hazard, his widow, and to you Miss Hazard, his sister, 

 the creation of this Museum building and bird refuge has indeed been a work of 



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