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MANUSCRIPT OP CHARLES LUCIAN BONAPARTE 
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writing of Dr. Cooper the following note: “Vol. 3, Am. Orn. Vol. Ill (Original 
MSS. of Prince Carlo Luciano Bonaparte) cousin of Napoleon 1st and uncle of Nap. 
III. (J. G. Cooper.)” Totally forgotten the old manuscript had lain hidden away 
for years. It had undoubtedly come to Dr. Cooper through his father who was a 
warm friend of Prince Bonaparte. In the same rubbish heap was an autograph 
copy, with annotations, of Bonaparte’s ‘‘Specchio comparativo delle Ornitologie di 
Roma e di Filadelfia. 8vo. Pisa, Nistri, 1827. — Supplemento alia Specchio compar- 
ativo etc., 1832.” Also, there was the first manuscript of Bonaparte’s “Catalogue 
of the Birds of the United States, systematically arranged in Orders, Families, 
Genera, and Subgenera.” (Contrib. Maclurian Lyc. Arts and Sci., 1, 1827, pp. 8-34.) 
Prince Charles Lucian Bonaparte, cousin of Napoleon I and uncle of Napo- 
leon III, was born in Paris, May 24, 1803, and died July 30, 1857. Iu his early 
youth he came to America, remaining some eight years. He was associated with 
such ornithologists as Alexander Wilson, John James Audubon, Thomas Say, 
William Cooper, and the bird delineator, Titian Peal.* He mentions that Audu- 
bon, on his return from the far west, where he had been in search of novelties, 
showed him drawings of several new birds. A glance over Bonaparte’s work 
reveals the touch of the master workmen. 
It is with great pleasure that I am able to offer the first portrait of this emi- 
nent ornithologist. No doubt it is the only one, and it has probably never before 
been publicly exhibited in the United States. The plate has been made from a 
photograph of a lithograph, 9 by inches, very kindly loaned me by Mr. 
Ruthven Deane of Chicago, who procured it in Europe. For this privilege The 
Condor extends its best thanks to Mr. Deane. 
In the preface, Bonaparte laments the fact that he is unable to portray the 
history of birds in a style equal to that of his predecessor, Wilson, because he is 
not writing in his native language. He has, however, shown himself to be a mas- 
ter of clear description in English and his writings are to the point. He was for- 
tunate in having material fresh from the field of a little known country, then for 
the first time being adequately explored. 
Haywards , California. 
Summer Birds of the Papago Indian Reservation and of the Santa Rita 
Mountains, Arizona 
BY HARRY S. SWARTII 
(■ Continued from page 28 ) 
— Ornithion i. ridgwayi. Ridgway Flycatcher. On June 11, 1903, the last 
day spent in the mesquites, while walking through the forest, a strange note was 
heard, which Mr. Stevens said sounded much like that of the Ridgway flycatcher, 
which he had taken here years before. We, of course, started in pursuit instantly, 
but the bird led us a long, weary chase, being about as elusive as Will-o’-the- Wisp. 
The note would be heard in the tree tops a short distance ahead, but when the 
b. Titian Peal was artist to Major Bong's Expedition to the Rocky Mountains and drew on the spot all the new 
birds contained in the first volume. [Preface to original edition ] He also went to Florida to draw for Bonaparte's 
second volume, devoted as he said to the water birds. 
