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THOMAS MCILWRAITH, a Fellow and one of the Founders of the American Ornithologist's Union, died at his home in Hamilton, Ontario, on January 3I• I9O3, in his 79th year.He was born in Newton, Ayr, Scotland• 25th of December, I824, and in z853 settled in Hamilton, Ontario, where he became a prominent and successful business man, retiring from active business about ten years ago.From early boyhood he was an ardent lover of nature and later became especially interested in birds.As early as I86O he had become a local authority on the birds occurring about Hamilton, notices of which he published in the • Canadian Naturalist ' in t86o and z86i (Vol.V, pp.387-396, and Vol.VI, pp.6-•8• i29-198).In I866 appeared his carefully annotated •List of Birds observed near Hamilton, Canada West' (Proc.Essex Institute, V, z886, pp.79-96), numbering 24i species.This brought him prominently to the notice of the leading American ornithologists, with a number of whom he maintained for many years a very active correspondence.In i886 appeared his ' The Birds of Ontario, being a list of Birds observed in the Province of Ontario, with an Account of their Habits, Distribution, Nests, Eggs• etc.,' an octavo volume of about 300 pages.A second edition• entirely rewritten and greatly enlarged• including descriptions of the species, was published in 1894, forming an excellent and greatly appreciated manual of the Birds of Ontario.In i883 Mr. McIlwraith was invited to the meeting of the leading American ornithologists, held in New York City, which resulted in the founding of the American Ornithologist's Union.He was made a member of the Committee on Bird Migration, and the work of the District of Ontario was assigned to him for supervision.In i889 he was elected a member of the Council, which offÉce he held for one year.He had gathered .alarge collection of Canadian and British birds, many of which he had mounted.He was warmly esteemed in the community in which he lived• and left a Wide circle of friends among the members of the A. O. U., by whom he has long been held in high respect.JOHN NATHANIEL CLARK, a Member of the American Ornithologists' Union, died at his home in Saybrook, Conn., Jan. x3, z9o3, at the age of 72 years.He was born in Saybrook Jan. 14, i83i, and was a descendant of John Clark of England, who settled at Saybrook Point in z636.He was widely known and greatly respected, and had long taken a prominent part in the affairs of his native town, having for sixteen years held the office of probate judge, besides filling other public offices with credit and

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