672 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 
Kmnlien exclaimed: “I have not seen that bird since I was a 
boy in my native land. It is the Passer domesticus, or English 
sparrow.” This was the first appearance of this busy bird in 
Jefferson county, about 1870 (10). 
Professor Greene, who carried on an intimate correspondence 
with Kumlien up to the time of his death, says of his work: 
“During the first twenty years of his residence in America, Mr. Kum¬ 
lien was engaged in forming collections in all branches of natural his¬ 
tory for such celebrated institutions as the Stockholm, Leyden, and Brit¬ 
ish museums in Europe, and the Smithsonian in this country; and also 
for many private individuals on both sides of the Atlantic.” 
In a letter to Dr. John H. Twombly, President of the Univer¬ 
sity of Wisconsin, written between 1871 and 1874, Kumlien says: 
“During the time I have lived in this country (since 1843) I have sent 
many large collections of birds, insects, etc., to the museums of Leyden, 
Holland, Prof. H. Schlegel; Berlin, Prof. Peters; Stockholm, Prof. Sunde- 
vell; Upsala, Pr. Lilljeborg; and many smaller collections to Engand and 
east in the United States; and to the Smithsonian, Philadelphia (Cassin) 
and to Boston Society of Natural History, of which I have been a member 
since 1854. 
“Of plants I have sent large collections to Prof. E. Fries, Upsala, among 
which plants several are by him considered different from those described 
in our American works. I have consequently had a great deal of experi¬ 
ence in collecting in almost every branch of natural history.” 
He was employed by the state of Wisconsin in forming and 
arranging collections in natural history and botany for the Uni¬ 
versity of Wisconsin, all of which were destroyed in the burning 
of the first Science Hall. He was also employed to make collec¬ 
tions of fauna and flora for several of the Wisconsin normal 
schools. 
William M. Wheeler, an intimate friend, connected with the 
museum at Milwaukee, says of his work: 
“From his arrival in Wisconsin to 1863 he devoted his time to forming 
natural history collections for the Stockholm, Leyden and British Muse¬ 
ums, and for many museums and private parties in the United States. 
This work necessitated considerable correspondence. Mr. Kumlien was 
in constant communication with Dr. T. M. Brewer of Boston, from 1851 
till Brewer's death in 1880, and was one of the largest contributors to 
the History of North Ameircan Birds, published by Brewer, Baird, and 
Ridgeway. Other correspondents were Professors E. Fries, Sundeval, 
Nielson, and Von Ehlen of iSweden; Steensrup, Sars, and Loven of Nor¬ 
way; Prof. Peters of Berlin, Count Turati of Milan, Prof. H. Schlegel of 
