A HOME NEAR TO NATURE IN ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY. 

 I have always been very much interested in wild birds, and for the past ten years 

 have made a deep study of ornithology and oology, spending a good part of the time in 

 experimenting with birds in general and making a study of their habits and diseases, of 

 producing hybrids and of acclimatization. I have also devoted several years collecting books 

 on the subject, and have one of the best libraries on birds in the State. — G. />. Tilley. 



THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



EDUCATION AND RECREATION 



VOL III 



MAY, 1910 



No. 1 



The Home of Q. D. Tilley, Naturalist 



BY EDWARD F. BIGELOW, ARCADIA: SOUND BEACH, CONNECTICUT 



OME naturalists go to nature, detailed study, even "a lifetime," to 

 though they travel all over some commonplace or rare object of 

 the world for it ; others nature. 



make their homes near to Mr. G. D. Tilley is a naturalist who 



nature, even if they encamp combines the spirit of all three. He is 

 in many places. Still others "in touch with bird men all over the 



world, and has agents in many of the 

 principal European cities." Since boy- 

 hood he has studied nature at his home 

 near to nature in Darien, Connecticut, 

 and lastly, and most important of all. 



stay at home and in their 

 natural environment believe 

 and practise the old time saying that 

 "It is a wise naturalist who knows his 

 own parish," or in detailed and pro- 

 longed study agree with the great Lin- 

 naeus who placed his hand on a bit of 

 moss and impressed his pupil with the 

 great amount and value of knowledge 

 therein by the statement, "Here is suf- 

 ficient material for the study of a life- 

 time." Thus we have represented the 

 three classes as follows : 



i. Those who travel in all parts of 

 the world. 



2. Those who stay at their homes. 



3. Those who give prolonged and 



he gives patient, untiring, detailed 

 study to whatever he has under con- 

 sideration. 



Some forms of bird life he has 

 studied as Linnaeus advised regarding 

 the bit (if moss in hand — for a lifetime, 

 and, what is more important, he never 

 loses his enthusiasm, he never gives 

 up, he never will be a "has been," 

 never will say. "Oh, T used to be.' 1 

 Each tiling accomplished is not a slip 

 down, but a step up. And I predict 



Copyright 1910 by The Agassiz Association. Arcadia : Sound Beach, Conn. 



