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acquired much Wilsoniana of the highest value and 
superintended the publication of the Porter & Coates 
edition of Wilson, Ord and Bonaparte’s American 
Ornithology, in which he used Wilson’s own copper 
plates. 
A Quakeress devotee to natural science and paint- 
ing, Graceanna Lewis’? of “Sunnyside,” Kimberton ; 
under the date of July 12th, 1868, published the 
first part of a scientific treatise presented in popular 
form; said to contain a number of original obser- 
vations, especially on eggs and four text figures rep- 
resenting diagramatically the evolution and classi- 
fication of birds, of which a considerably modified 
system was proposed. ‘This extremely rare paper is 
dedicated to Prof Cassin. Apparently the pub- 
lishers did not meet with sufficient encouragement 
to warrant a continuation of the parts. I have not 
seen it and am indebted to Dr. Richmond of the 
Smithsonian Institution for a copy of the title?® and 
a resume of the contents. 
Sara Louisa Oberholtzer,?! poetess and a student 
of birds, studied under Miss Lewis, perhaps. 
The first county list was published in 1861 by 
Vincent Barnard22 of London Grove, naturalist, 
artisian and universal genius; from observations 
probably begun about 1850. ‘This list of 191 
species, similar to most all early faunal lists, con- 
tains very brief annotations, but appears to have 
few errors in species. “Grus americanus Ord” 
doubtless is a misidentification of the Grus specimen 
secured by Michener. The Mississippi Kite, which 
is understood to have been based upon a view of an 
