like Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club and the American Naturalist. However, in 1877, he began to publish articles under his own name. Bendire's private collection of 8,000 eggs formed the basis of the egg collection at the Smithsonian Institution, then known as the U.S. National Museum, in Washington, D.C. He made new discoveries about the migration habits of various birds and discovered several new species, including the Bendire's thrasher, Toxostoma bendirei. On 1872 while patrolling in Central Arizona, Bendire reportedly snatched a zone-tailed hawk's egg from a nest for his collection while under fire from an Apache scout and secured it safely in his mouth until he could return to camp. It was alleged that he broke a tooth in his mouth while attempting to remove the egg, due to its large size. He also published an early description of the Lost River sucker, now known as Deltistes luxatus, in the journal Forest and Stream while he was stationed at Fort Klamath in south-central Oregon. In it he provides descriptions of both the spawning fish and the Modoc Indians who were catching the fish at an important fishery location along the Lost River. Bendire died of Bright's disease at the age of 60. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia. References External links Charles Emil Bendire Papers, 1887–1894 from the Smithsonian Institution Archives Merrill, J.C. In Memoriam: Charles Emil Bendire. The Auk, Jan. 1898, v. 15, no. 1. p.[1]-6 1836 births 1897 deaths American ornithologists Deaths from nephritis Hessian emigrants to the United States United States Army officers American naturalists Egg collectors Oologists