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staff of the Museum was strengthened by Mr. Brewster's orni- 

 thological repute, and his private collection was most generously 

 at all times, practically, as by bequest it becomes actually, a part 

 of the Museum's resources. 



Mr. Brewster's influence upon young ornithologists was very 

 great and his relations with them as with his contemporaries 

 was at all times genuinely sympathetic and helpful; the sincere 

 regret and sense of individual loss felt by his Museum associates 

 will be shared by many interested in bird life who were denied 

 the privilege of his personal friendship. Mr. Brewster's contribu- 

 tions to ornithological literature are many and important; that 

 they are not more numerous will always be regretted, especially 

 when his Bird Migration, Birds of the Cambridge Region, Voices 

 of a New England Marsh, or Squirrels in Cambridge are recalled 

 to mind. His editing of H. D. Minot's Land and Game Birds of 

 Xew England 1 was wholly admirable, a model for his own posthu- 

 mous writings. 



The deaths of Prof. William G. Farlow and Mr. Oric Bates are 

 recorded with regret. For several years the reports of Dr. Farlow's 

 teaching in the biological courses of the University were included 

 among the activities of the Museum, and for nearly forty years 

 he not only contributed valuable material to the Museum collec- 

 tions, but his wide and exact knowledge and retentive memory 

 were of distinct service in bibliographic inquiries. In recent 

 years Mr. Oric Bates showed his interest in the Museum by personal 

 contributions and by his influence upon others whom he met during 

 his field-work in Africa. 



Samuel Henshaw, 



Director. 



