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gestion and with her support, devoted his spare time for 
several seasons to the preparation of an excellent mono- 
graph on the New England Orthoptera. This volume of 350 
pages was published by the Boston Society of Natural His- 
tory in 1920. 
In January, 1911, Mr. Morse became connected with the 
Peabody Museum of Salem, at first in charge of insects only, 
and later (December of the same year) as Curator of Nat- 
ural History, though devoting only part of his time to that 
institution until 1926. In 1920 he spent a month in field 
work on the Orthoptera of Maine, subsequently' preparing a 
report on this subject for the Maine Agricultural Experiment 
Station. From 1919 to 1923, at least a part of his summer 
vacation was spent, mainly in Nebraska, in a study of the 
food habits of grasshoppers with reference to their attacks 
on binder-twine. In 1926 he became a trustee of the Ropes 
Memorial of Salem, serving on the committee on grounds 
and as chairman of the committee on botanical lectures, 
which during his incumbency were largely arranged by him. 
In 1934 his health began to fail, and after February, 1935, 
he was forced to give up his regular work at the Peabody 
Museum. His death occurred at Wellesley on. April 29, 1936. 
He is survived by his wife, two children, and four grand- 
children. 
Mr. Morse was a fellow of the American Association for 
the Advancement of Science and of the Entomological So- 
ciety of America, and a member of the following organiza- 
tions: the Boston Society of Natural History, Morse Science 
Club of Salem (twice President), American Association of 
Economic Entomologists, Cambridge Entomological Club 
(President 1898, 1914, 1923, 1933-34), American Ornitholo- 
gists’ Union, Essex County Ornithological Club (Vice- 
president from its inception until 1934, then President until 
his death), Massachusetts Audubon Society, New England 
Bird-banding Association, Nuttall Ornithological Club, 
American Fern Society, New England Botanical Club (Vice- 
president 1928-1931), and the Massachusetts Horticultural 
Society. 
Mr. Morse’s private collection of insects, which contained 
more than fifty thousand specimens and included many types, 
was acquired by the Museum of Comparative Zoology at 
