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    Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 6 December, 1897
    Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 6 December, 1897
    Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 6 December, 1897
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    Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 6 December, 1897

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      Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 6 December, 1897 - Various Various

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Birds Illustrated by Color Photography

      [December, 1897], Vol 2. No 6., by Various

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      Title: Birds Illustrated by Color Photography [December, 1897], Vol 2. No 6.

      Author: Various

      Release Date: January 14, 2010 [EBook #30965]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BIRDS ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR ***

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      BIRDS.

      Illustrated by COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY.

      Vol. II.

      No. 6.

      DECEMBER, 1897.

      THE ORNITHOLOGICAL CONGRESS.

      E had the pleasure of attending the Fifteenth Congress of the American Ornithologists’ Union, which met and held its three days annual session in the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, November 9-11, 1897. Dr. C. Hart Merriam, of the Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C., presided, and there were present about one hundred and fifty of the members, resident in nearly all the states of the Union.

      The first paper read was one prepared by J. C. Merrill, entitled In Memoriam: Charles Emil Bendire. The character, accomplishments, and achievements of the deceased, whose valuable work in biographizing American birds is so well known to those interested in ornithology, were referred to in so appropriate a manner that the paper, though not elaborate as it is to be hoped it may ultimately be made, will no doubt be published for general circulation. Major Bendire’s services to American ornithology are of indisputable value, and his untimely death eclipsed to some extent, possibly wholly, the conclusion of a series of bird biographies which, so far as they had appeared, were deemed to be adequate, if not perfect.

      Mr. Frank M. Chapman, the well known authority on birds, and whose recent books are valuable additions to our literature, had, it may be presumed, a paper to read on the Experiences of an Ornithologist in Mexico, though he did not read it. He made, on the contrary, what seemed to be an extemporaneous talk, exceedingly entertaining and sufficiently instructive to warrant a permanent place for it in the Auk, of which he is associate editor. We had the pleasure of examining the advance sheets of a new book from his pen, elaborately illustrated in color, and shortly to be published. Mr. Chapman is a comparatively young man, an enthusiastic student and observer, and destined to be recognized as one of our most scientific thinkers, as many of his published pamphlets already indicate. Our limited space precludes even a reference to them now. His remarks were made the more attractive by the beautiful stuffed specimens with which he illustrated them.

      Prof. Elliott Coues, in an address, Auduboniana, and Other Matters of Present Interest, engaged the delighted attention of the Congress on the morning of the second day’s session. His audience was large. In a biographical sketch of Audubon the Man, interspersed with anecdote, he said so many interesting things that we regret we omitted to make any notes that would enable us to indicate at least something of his characterization. No doubt just what he said will appear in an appropriate place. Audubon’s portfolio, in which his precious manuscripts and drawings were so long religiously kept, which he had carried with him to London to exhibit to possible publishers, a book so large that two men were required to carry it, though the great naturalist had used it as an indispensable and convenient companion for so many years, was slowly and we thought reverently divested by Dr. Coues of its wrappings and held up to the surprised and

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