We deeply regret to have to report the deaths of the follow- 

 ing members during the year 1921 : 



Joel Asaph Allen 



Joel Asaph Allen was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, 

 on July 19, 1838. For thirty-six years he directed the develop- 

 ment of our Department of Mammalogy. In addition to his de- 

 partmental work, Dr. Allen was Editor of the scientific publica- 

 tions of the Museum for nearly thirty years, and during this 

 period wrote and published more than one thousand papers on 

 natural history subjects, particularly birds and mammals. His 

 interest in young research workers, his generous sympathy, con- 

 sideration and helpfulness endeared him to all who knew him. 

 He died at Cornwall-on-Hudson, on August 29, 1921. 



Erwin S. Christman 



Erwin S. Christman was born on January 14, 1885, in Clin- 

 ton, New Jersey. At the age of fifteen years, he came to the 

 Museum to try his skill in drawing skulls of fossil mammals. 

 For one so young he possessed a peculiarly keen sense of light 

 and shadow, and his ability, industry and pleasing personality 

 quickly attracted the attention of the staff of the Department of 

 Vertebrate Palaeontology. With their encouragement, he soon 



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