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individual (as all agreed) was hardly to be met with. Scott’s 
primary object in this visit was to examine the Patagonian 
specimens in our National Collection. He had undertaken 
to work out and describe the birds collected during an 
expedition sent out by the Princeton University to Patagonia 
to investigate the Geology and Zoology of that country, and 
for that purpose it was necessary to see what was to be 
found in the European Museums. Scott’s uncertain state 
of health sadly interfered with the preparation of his report 
on this subject, and two parts of it only * have, as yet, been 
issued. 
About 1906 Scott and his wife moved their headquarters 
to Saranac Lake, N.Y., supposed to be the “ Davos ” of 
North America. The following extracts from a letter re¬ 
ceived from Mrs. Scott will give some idea of his life at this 
charming place:— 
Of the years, four in number, that Mr. Scott spent in Saranac Lake, 
none were wasted, they were full of interest to the last. His first 
winter out of doors gave him wonderfid familiarity with the resident 
birds; the Chickadees, Nuthatches, and Blue Jays were his daily visitors, 
the two former feeding from his hand and awakening him in the early 
morning by alighting on his head. The red squirrels, too, were per¬ 
sistent in their attentions, and later the chipmunks came regularly for 
their ration of pea-nuts. The Buffed Grouse crowded the birch trees 
close to the door. So there were compensations. Then, as Mr. Scott 
grew stronger, he made himself familiar with the flora and fauna of the 
country, and he had particular pleasure in studying the pond-life which 
is teeming during our short summer. He w r rote a series of sketches for 
the‘Journal of Out-Door-Life/ a publication particularly designed to 
help the invalids who must live in the open. These charming sketches 
I hope to have republished in book form. 
As you know, Mr. Scott was also busy with his Patagonian record, 
and that gave him constant satisfaction. He had further projected an 
elaborate review of all his field-work which it would have taken two or 
more years to complete. It was also his keen desire to visit Patagonia, 
where there remains so much to be discovered regarding the bird-life, 
for he felt that the material at hand only in a small measure revealed 
the condition of the avifauna, and that practically nothing is known of 
the life-history of many of the species. Mr. Scott has set forth many 
of the problems remaining to be studied, and I shall try to have this 
* See ‘ Ibis,’ 1905, p. 130, and 1910, p. 563. 
