. Bird lore . <^ «=*^*^ ^-flt^^. i6irli-lore A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINEDEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS OrriciAL Organ of the Audubon Societies Vol. II February, 1900 No. 1 Elliott Coues WITH extreme regret we learn of the death of Dr. ElliottCoues, at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, onChristmas Day, after a grave operation performed De-cember 6, Dr. Coues died in the harness, as a moreor less direct result from overwork, after a life of such phenomenalactivity in the fields of science and literature that we have space forlittle more than an outline of his career. Elliott Coues wa
. Bird lore . <^ «=*^*^ ^-flt^^. i6irli-lore A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINEDEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS OrriciAL Organ of the Audubon Societies Vol. II February, 1900 No. 1 Elliott Coues WITH extreme regret we learn of the death of Dr. ElliottCoues, at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, onChristmas Day, after a grave operation performed De-cember 6, Dr. Coues died in the harness, as a moreor less direct result from overwork, after a life of such phenomenalactivity in the fields of science and literature that we have space forlittle more than an outline of his career. Elliott Coues was born at Portsmouth, N. H., on September 9,1842. In 1853 his family moved to Washington, D. C, where hewas educated at the Jesuit Seminary and Columbian University,graduating from the latter in 1861 as A. B., and in 1863 as this year he was appointed assistant surgeon in the UnitedStates Army and ordered to Arizona. After ten years service atvarious posts he accepted, in 1873, the position of surgeon and nat-uralist of the
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