Till- (U'IDE TO XATTRK. 



VIEW TO THE SOUTHEAST FROM THE TOP OF THE HILL ON NORTHERN PART OF 'THE PHARM. 



from which is the quotation at the top 

 of the first page of this department, 

 '*] tomes Xear to Nature." 



I am relating this brevity of words 

 and extensiveness of work because 

 they best portray to our readers the 

 characteristics of the man. He is so 

 persistent and painstaking" a worker 

 in nature that he has no time for any- 

 thing but work. 



He started some twenty years ago 

 with a couple of birds and gradually 



increased the stock until he now has 

 sixty acres devoted to the feathered 

 tribe. He has probably the largest 

 and most complete collection of rare 

 birds in America. Many specimens 

 on his grounds cannot be seen else- 

 where, not even in the larger zoologi- 

 cal parks. It has recpiired, as will be 

 readily seen, a great amount of work 

 to develop so large an interest in 

 "available ornithology." 



For many years the collection was 



LOOKING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST FROM THE SAME POINT. 



