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| 2 | region collecting birds and 
| fighting mosquitoes.’ This 
| is certainly true that we 
| << were literally fighting these 
| ‘g little torments, for they 
Mg came 1n swarms and covered 
our faces, necks, and hands 
ie with their poisonous punc- 
tures, but we got a fine col- 
lection of bird skins just the 
same. 
“Mr. Deane had a wide 
acquaintance among orni- 
thologists which he began 
to make quite early. I re- 
member being with him 
about 1875, 1n the Museum 
of the Boston Society of 
Natural History, looking 
over the birds, when an el- 
derly gentleman appeared 
whom Mr. Deane at once 
recognized and introduced 
to me as George N. Law- 
rence of New York; thus I owed my first acquaintance with this cele- 
brated ornithologist to Mr. Deane. 
‘“About 1873, in spite of the fact that there were only two or three 
periodicals in the world devoted wholly to bird study, Mr. Deane and I 
were ambitious enough to propose publishing a magazine, the first in 
America, which should be devoted wholly to ornithology, and we issued 
circulars concerning it. This endeavor, however, failed on account of the 
refusal or neglect of most ornithologists to contribute to it. It was to be 
called The American Ornithologist.”’ 
Chicago and Illinois are proud of Ruthven Deane. Their pride carries 
with it a large measure of affection and a deep sense of indebtedness. He 
is a friend to all who love birds, an energetic worker in all their activities, 
an inspiration to younger men and a many-sided power in the com- 
munity. As the years pass on, his interest never lags and no one expects 
it to do so for many more years to come. 



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