THE OOLOGIST 



Nest of Parkman's Wren in Tin Can. 



Next, grim penury would stare him in 

 the face, and he would be forced to 

 abandon his pencil and notebook and 

 return once more to the cold, monej'- 

 getting world to provide for the wants 

 of himself and his family. At other 

 times his dreams would be only of l)liss 

 and happiness, and the joy that would 

 be his upon the presentation of his 

 work to the world, and the hearty con- 

 gratulations of his friends and well- 

 wishers both in the 011 World and the 

 New. Audubon's deepest regret in re- 

 gard to his life was that he was unable 

 to give to the world all the knowledge 

 of which he was the owner. 



Audubon sums up his advice to zeal- 

 ous naturalists in the following words: 



"Leave nothing to memory, but note 

 down all your observations with ink, 

 not with a lead-pencil; and keep in 



mind, that the more particulars you 

 write at the time, the more you will 

 afterwards recollect. Work not at 

 night, but anticipate the morning dawn, 

 and never think tor an instant about 

 the difliculties of ransacking the woods, 

 the shores or the barren grounds." 



Audubon had always been desirous of 

 visiting the Highlands of Scotland, 

 with its lakes and isolated crags so 

 beautifully described by Scott; and in 

 September Audubon and his family, 

 accompanied by Mr. William McGilli- 

 vray, set out early one morning, with a 

 journey thither in view. At the Chain- 

 Pier at Newhaven they embarked in a 

 little steamer bound for Stirling. The 

 water was smooth and the weather fair, 

 while shoals of young herring were to 

 be seen nearly everywhere, over which 

 gulls of various species were hovering. 



