38 THE NATURALIST OF THE ST. CROIX 



of which are full of mounted song birds disposed in their 

 most characteristic attitudes. While living in this house 

 Mr. Boardman kept his collection of mounted birds in 

 the parlor until the building of the bird house in 1863. 



In November, 1861, Mr. Boardman attended a meet- 

 ing of Naturalists at Cambridge Mass., where he met A. 

 E. Verrill, Prof. Shaler, Alpheus Hyatt and D. G. Elliot. 



From Mr. Boardman's diar\^ and correspondence it is 

 evident that the year 1862 was a most active and 

 interesting one in his studies, his collecting and his 

 visits to naturalists. He was at the height of his great 

 business enterprises and made frequent trips to Boston, 

 New York and Philadelphia in the interests of his firm. 

 But he was also making these visits opportunities to 

 meet naturalists, visit the museums and attend meetings 

 of scientific societies. In that year no less than twenty- 

 six entries relating to birds are found in his diar3\ They 

 extend from April 9 to December 16. He notes in that 

 year robins, swallows, snowbirds, shelldrakes, grebes, 

 bluejaj'S, eagles, martins, fishhawk, ducks, warblers, 

 gulls, sea parrots, herons, yellow birds, sandpipers, gros- 

 beaks, partridges, white owl, sea dove and banded wood- 

 pecker. On Jul}' 16 he skinned a Northern Phalarope 

 and a Sea Parrot. 



During the last of March and first of April Mr. Board- 

 man went to Philadelphia and Washington. x\t Phil- 

 adelphia he went to the rooms and meeting of the 

 Acadeni}' of natural sciences. In Washington he spent 

 several da^-s at the Smithsonian Institution, visited the 

 Botanic Garden of W. R. Smith, and called upon Sena- 

 tor Hamlin and Hon. Fred'k A. Pike, representative to 

 Congress from Calais. At Philadelphia he alwaj'S called 



