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March, i9o 5 [ MANUSCRIPT OF CHARLES LUCIAN BONAPARTE 47 writing of Dr. Cooper the following note: "Vol. 3, Am. Orn. Vol. III (Original MSS. of Prince Carlo Luciano Bonaparte) cousin of Napoleon rst and uncle of Nap. III. (J. G. Cooper.)" Totally forgotten the old manuscript bad lain hidden away for years. It had undoubtedly come to Dr. Cooper through his father who was a warm friend of Prince Bonaparte. In the same rubbish heap was an autograph copy, with annotations, of Bonaparte's "Specchio comparativo delle Ornitologie di Roma e di Filadelfia. 8vo. Pisa, Nistri, ?827.--Supplemento alla Specchio compar- ativo etc., ?832. TM Also, there was the first manuscript of Bonaparte's "Catalogue of the Birds of the United States, systematically arranged in Orders, Families, Genera, and Subgenera." (Contrib. Maclurian Lye. Arts and Sci., ?, I827, pp. 8-34. ) Prince Charles Lucian Bonaparte, cousin of Napoleon I and ul?cle of Napo- leon III, was born in Paris, May 24 , ?8o3, and died July 30, ?857. In his early youth he came to America, remaining sonic eight years. He was associated with such ornithologists as Alexander Wilson, John James Audubon, Thomas Say, William Cooper, and the bird delineate)r, Titian Peal. b He mentions that Audu- bon, on his return from the far west, where he had been in search of n?Jvelties, showed him drawings of several new birds. A glance over Bonaparte's work reveals the touch of the master workmen. It is with great pleasure that I am able to offer the first portrait of this emi- nent ornithologist. No doubt it is the only one, and it has probably never before been publicly exhibited in the United States. The plate has been made from a photograph of a lithograph, 9I? by rtf2 inches, very kindly loaned me by Mr. Ruthyen Deane of Chicago, who procured it in Europe. For this privilege T?I? CosI)O}? extends its best thanks to Mr. Deane. In the preface, Bonaparte laments the fact that he is unable to portray the history of birds in a style equal to that of his predecessor, Wilson, because he is not writing in his native language. He has, however, shown himself to be a mas- ter of clear description in English and his writings are to the point. He was for- tunate in having material fresh from the field of a little known country, then for the first time being adequately explored. 15ra),war ds, ('alzf or nia. Summer Birds of the Papago Indian Reservation and of the Santa Rita Mountains? Arizona BY HARRY S. S?'ARTH (Continued from page 28) 0rnithion i. ridgwayi. Ridgway Flycatcher. On June i i, i9o3, the last day spent in the mesqnites, while walking through the forest, a strange note was heard, which Mr. Stevens said sounded much like that of the Ridgway flycatcher, which he had taken here years before. We, of course, started in pursuit instantly, but the bird led us a long, weary chase, being about as elusive as Will-o'-the-Wisp. The note would be heard in the tree tops a short distance ahead, but when the b. Titiau Peal was artist to Major Long's Expedition to the Rocky ?Iountains and drew on the spot all the new birds contained in the first volume. [Preface to original edition.] He also went to Florida to dra?v for Bonaparte's second volume, devoted as he said to the water birds.