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 t3o THE CONDOR t VoL. VII From the time he was four years old he resided at Oakland, California (with few exceptions) until i896, when he moved to Santa Rosa. His education was se- cured in a private, and afterwards in the public schools of Oakland. As a boy he was always interested in natural history, which predilection announced itself at an early age, when he as never without a bouquet of wild flowers--even in bed. He was trained from childhood by his father in the use of fire-arms, his first gun having been given him when he was seven years old. While still quite young he commenced collecting insects and eggs, and he also mounted birds. He was fond of boating, and built his first boat himself. In I884 Mr. Bryant took lessons from Mr. William T. Hornaday in mounting mammals, and studied museum work at the National Museum, and the Museum of Comparative Zoology. The greater part of Mr. Bryant's time was given to ornithology and other natural history work. From 5886 to 5894 he was curator in the California Acad- emy of Sciences where he made a host of friends. His principal trips, during which he collected birds and mammals were as follows: t883, summer in Oregon; t884, Guadalupe Island in December; winter of I885-'86, Guadalupe Island for four months; i887-'88, California and Nevada; i889, vicinity of Magdalena Bay and adjacent islands, Lower California; i89o, Gulf Region, Lower California; t892 , in the spring, Santa Rosa del Cabo and vicinity, L. C.; t9ot, Central America; i9o2 and t9o3, summers in Alaska; June 9o4 to April 9o5, San Bias, Mexico. Mr. Bryant was especially interested in hummingbirds, of which he had a large collection, which with his collection of nests and eggs is now the property of his mother. His mounted birds were given to his father previous to his last trip, and his mammals were sent last year to the Milwaukee Museum. His other bird skins were disposed of a number of years ago to the California Academy of Sciences. In i888 Mr. Bryant became an Active Member of the American Ornitholog- ists' Union but at the time of his death was a Corresponding Fellow. He was one of the founders and first president of the California Ornithological Club, es- tablished in 889, a forerunner of the present Cooper Ornithological Club. He was an early president of the latter organization, of which he was made an honor- ary member in x894. Mr. Bryant holds a high place in the esteem of his fellow workers because he was a good ornithologist and a good friend. He 'was exceptionally kind to young ornithologists and was ever willing to lend a helping hand. By nature he was reserved and quiet, but generous and loyal, and cheerful under adverse circum- stances. One who knew him better perhaps than did any other member of the Club, writes as follows: "Today tender memories are awakened of one who has passed away. I have just found one of his letters, written some twenty years ago. Friend Walter Bry- ant and I had been nmch afield together. In this finely penned note he tells me of some specimens he has saved for me, also stating having found in a San Fran- cisco taxidermist's shop an example of Xelasfihorusjqordsil, the second specimen, as he says, known to ornithologists. "Mr. Bryant, as I have known him, was a quiet, reserved, sparely built man, whom it was necessary to know by close association to appreciate his true worth. He was not given to joking but could tell a good story, and was kind to a degree to all. His was a large heart and an honest intent. He always had a good word for every one and was ready to help the novice in bird lore as I had on many an occasion to learn in our early acquaintance. "No insect or bird could escape his eye or ear, as I learned from camp life with him under the white-limbed buckeyes on the banks of a trickling stream be-