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Elliot Coues was one of the 19th century's most scholarly and productive ornithologists. A lover of nature, an original thinker, and a "readable" scientist, Coues was often found writing at his desk "as if his life depended on it." Born in 1842 in New Hampshire, he graduated from college by the age of 19 and received his M.D. from the National Medical College, Washington, D.C. in 1863. He was commissioned as Assistant Surgeon in the U.S. Army in 1864 and spent the next 17 years in the Army as a medical officer at various posts. An Army Surgeon in name only, Coues was often given free reign to pursue his interest in ornithology, and was allowed to write about birds and collect specimens at will.
Coues' interest in birds began early in life. Shortly after the family moved to Washington, D.C. in 1853, Coues...
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