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Sept., t9o5 I IN MEMORIAM: WALTER E. BRYANT t3t neath Chick's Cliff in the famed 'Pine Canyon.' The first thing in early day- break, with the last call of the poor-will, Bryant would turn over and say from under his night-cap: 'Come, Emerson, a fire, a cup of coffee, and then off for the early bird.' No matter where or how hard the tramp might be, he was ready for it, and would take you to the nesting grounds of the gnatcatcher or to the duck- hawk's eyry in some 'Castle Rocks.' He was slow of movement but sure of purpose, and to tell him of some little known bird or animal was to start him off for it at once." Our veteran ornithologist, Mr. Lyman Belding, on hearing of Mr. Bryant's death, wrote the following appreciation: "He inherited a love of nature and a love of adventure which in early youth took him to the cliffs of Mount Diablo for eggs of the Prairie Falcon, and other ornithological prizes, and later to inhospitable Guadalupe Island and more distant parts of the Pacific Coast. He was a good observer, a facile writer, and a most agreeable companion. During a long, intimate acquaintance covering quite ex- tended collecting trips, the writer invariably found him genial and gentlemanly." The Ornithological Writings of Walter E. Bryant BY JOSEPH GRINNELL S will be noticed from a perusal of the following list of titles, the majority of Brya,?t's publish? writings appeared from ?887 to ?889 in the "Bulletin" and Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, and from t89o to t893 in "Zoe," a periodical published tor four years at San Francisco. These seven years marked the period of Bryant's greatest activity in Natural History lines, and the articles resulting from this work evince an evident endeavor to ex- press plainly and accurately whatever he thought worthy of record. Not that his descriptions and recitals are tiresomely commonplace; for I have seldom read any- thing more fascinating to a naturalist than the accounts of his experiences while collecting in Lower California and on Guadalupe Island. These, in particular, I would advise every CONDOR reader to look up, and read, as well worth while. And as for the scientific value of Bryant's recorded observations, where can we find any more reliable and valuable contributions to West Coast ornithology? The life-histories of many of our remotely restricted species would remain today almost wholly unknown, if Bryant had not spent lonely months in their study, and then composed what he learned in the form in which we find it now so instructive. ?88o. Notes on the Habits of Railus obsoletus, with a Description of its Eggs. -?Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club V, April, pp. ?24-I25. ?884.. Nest and Eggs of A/[yiadestes townsendi. <?Auk I, January, pp. 9t-92. t885. The Relationship of Podiceps occidentalis and P. clarkii. <?Auk II, July, pp. 3?3-3t4 . ?886. Additions to California Avifauna. <?Forest & Stream XXVI, June, p. 426. t887. Piranga rubriceps and Tringa fuscicollisin California. <?Auk IV, January, pp. 78-79 t887. Additions to the Ornithology of Guadalupe Island. <?Bull. Cal. Ac. Sc. II, January, pp. 269-3t8. ?887. Discovery of the Nest and Eggs of the Evening Grosbeak ((?3ccothraustes vespertina). <?Bull. Cal. Ac. Sc. II. July, p. 449.