The library labels not withstanding, this 

 volume was presented to me in 1926 by 

 Professor Horace D Rickard, Principal of 

 Delaware SChool, in recognition of my 

 services in giving biro lectures not only 

 AT Delaware but in many other schools of the 

 city. He was one of the great educators, fiH 



AND A MAGNIFICENT MAN. Th I S VOLUME HAS 

 BEEN ONE OF MY MOST CHERISHED POSSESSIONS. 



It is MOST APPROPRIATE, HOWEVER, THAT IT 

 NOW GOES TO THE LABORATORY OF ORNITHOLOGY. 



When I first came east from Arizona, my 



Grandfather, Joseph Ellib Trevor of 



4 The Circle, Cornell, and my father, Karl 



RoBER Trevor, '?2, introduced me to 



Dr. Allen and to Fuertes, since I had long 



BEEN A biro NUT IN THE WEST. I SPENT LONG 

 HAPPY HOURS PROWLING THE DUCK POND AND THE 

 GROUSE CAGES AT ThE Doc's, AND IN RETURN^ft 

 I NG STUDY SKINS TO THEIR PLACES IN LOUIS 

 FuERTES GARAGE STUDIO. ThE INFLUENCE OF 

 THESE MEN IN MY LIFE WOULD BE HARD TO 

 EXAGGERATE. I DID NOT KEEP MY WORD TO 

 RETURN TO CORNELL TWO YEARS AFTER MY 

 GRADUATION, AS I FOUND ANOTHER TASK THAT 

 SEEMED IMPORTANT AND THAT GAINED ThE Doc's 



APPROVAL. This task in return has come to 



termination, and MY STUDENTS NOW ARE 



Professors of Biology, and of Oceanography, 



AND I hope their ACHIE>/ReNT8 WILL BE A 

 SMALL CONTINUANCE OF THE INSPIRATION I 

 DREW FROM THES^TWO GREAT AND VERY HUMAN 

 MEN* 



-/Frank WilsoiT Trevor 

 June 13 '6S '^ Millbrook, 4i Y I2545 



