I go 



THE MUSEUM. 



woodpile, I am' introduced to him as 

 "another bird-stuffer." 



"I thought I wouldjbring him around 

 to see your birds, Dick," apologised 

 my escort. 



We go into the' house -and my two 

 acquaintances stand|respectfully aside 

 until I recover from my delight. (?) 



Enthusiasm! Ye gods! they are 

 'stuffed.' Weep! Oh! shades of Au- 

 dubon, that such things can be. 



"How do ye like 'em.'" 



"They are very well^DONE;" and to 

 use the vernacular they are 'done' and 

 no mistake. 



"I've got a lot more birds in the 

 closet here. Here's a hawk owl; I 

 know it because I saw a picture of it 

 in Forest & Streain. " 



And he hands out a short eared owl. 



"This un here is a jacana; I saw a 

 picture of it in a newspaper." 



This time it turns out to be an im- 

 mature purple gallinule. 

 "I got a funny bird up stairs; His back 

 is like a sparres and his bill like a 

 woodpecker and his feet are like a 

 ducks. Want to see it.'" 



On my offering my desire to see 

 this ornithological wonder, Dick goes 

 up stairs and returns with an immature 

 double crested cormorant; then going 

 up to a large case, lined with highly 

 flowered wall paper, he says: 



"Ever see a young snipe.' There's 

 one." (A least sand piper.) "And 

 there's a sapsucker and a young un. 

 (Hairy and Downy woodpeckers.) 

 "And that un down in the corner is a 

 skunk bird. " 



"What's that.'" I say pointing to a 

 female bobolink. 



"Oh that's a plain sparrow." 



And so it goes until I weary of hear- 

 ing the pet science of Wilson and Au- 

 dubon dragged through the mire, and 

 depart meditating on the world, and 

 some of its people. 



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