. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . VOL. XIV. NO. 4. ALBION, N. Y., APRIL, 1897. Whole No. 13L. The Late Major Charles E. Bendire. Major Charles E. Bendire. U. S. A.,Honorary Curator of the Departtuentof Onlngy in the National Museum,died at JacksonA-ille, Fla., Feb 4,1^97,of Brights disease. Weary of cf)riline-ment indoors he wpnt to Florida inhope of tindinsr a milder climate wherehe might sit outhide to enjoy the freshair and watch thu tiees and birds—ahope that was not ri-alized, for he diedlive days aftt-r leaving V^■ashington. Major Bendire was born in He
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . VOL. XIV. NO. 4. ALBION, N. Y., APRIL, 1897. Whole No. 13L. The Late Major Charles E. Bendire. Major Charles E. Bendire. U. S. A.,Honorary Curator of the Departtuentof Onlngy in the National Museum,died at JacksonA-ille, Fla., Feb 4,1^97,of Brights disease. Weary of cf)riline-ment indoors he wpnt to Florida inhope of tindinsr a milder climate wherehe might sit outhide to enjoy the freshair and watch thu tiees and birds—ahope that was not ri-alized, for he diedlive days aftt-r leaving V^■ashington. Major Bendire was born in HesseDarmstadt, Germanj, April 27. was a relative of Weyprecht andPayer, the Austrian Arctic explorers From The Osprey. who tiiscovered and named Franz JosefLand. He came to this country in 1852, andin Jane. 1854, enlistecl as a private inC(mipany D of the 1st Dragoons, U. Daring the next ten years hewas promoted to Sergeant, and servedas Hospital Seward in the 4th 18G4 he was transferred to the 1stCavalry and promoted to 2d, and soonto 1st Lieutenant In February, 1873,]]» attained the ra
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