thi Condor 
A MAGAZINE OF WESTERN ORNITHOLOGY 
Bi-Monthly Bulletin of the Cooper Ornithological Club 
Vol. 4. No. 5. Santa Clara, Cal., Septcmbcr-October, 1902 $1.00 a Year 
IN MEMORIAM: 
Dr. James G. Cooper. 
O UR beloved honorary member 
and distinjruislied naturalist, 
Dr. James G. Cooper has passed 
away, and with him we lose a man of 
sterling worth and 
lofty character, a 
man who has gained 
an enviable reputa- 
tion in his chosen 
subject of Natural 
History, and who has 
left many and valu- 
able works in the 
field of Ornithology. 
It seems but a few 
years since I first met 
this slender gentle- 
man in the small 
country postofiice 
which he held in 
connection with the 
only drug store in 
Haywards. That was 
in 1877. Three years 
ago last March he sat 
among us, for the last 
time in public, for 
the study of his favor- 
ite work, ornithology. 
Tho not of a strong constitution, he has 
been thelastto answer the final call of the 
Creator, of that original group of natur- 
alists gathered around the side of Prof. 
Baird in the early days of the Smith- 
sonian Institution. 
Dr. Cooper’s life was one of strong 
work, earnestly done, as one who clear- 
ly saw the facts of 
natural science, and 
who fully appre- 
ciated the bearing of 
one branch of zo- 
ology upon another, 
and upon allied sub- 
jects. This will be 
noted in his early 
study of forests and 
distribution, and 
many are the younger 
zoologists who will 
think of him in 
future years when 
they consult his 
work on the • coast 
faunal ranges. He 
was a man who could 
lead you in paths 
of Nature to the 
haunts of birds, to the 
lurking places of 
shells, or to hidden 
fossils, and could 
name for you the rocks, trees and plants 
of the mountains, hills and plains. 
Dr. Cooper is best known to us by 
his works on conchology and ornithology. 
