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Jarvis, and after showing his drawings, was engaged 

 to assist him in finishing the "clothing and ground"; but 

 this artist's manners were declared to be so uncouth 

 and the pay so poor that he left him in disgust. 



When he had made a hit, as he said, with the like- 

 ness of a well known citizen, orders came to him, and 

 he was able to resume his drawing of birds. On Feb- 

 ruary 22 he recorded that he had spent his time in 

 "running after orders for portraits, and also in vain 

 endeavors to obtain a sight of Alexander Wilson's 

 'Ornithology,' but was unsuccessful in seeing the book, 

 which is very high priced." Later, however, he appears 

 to have succeeded in this quest, for on the 17th of that 

 month he was able to send his wife twenty drawings of 

 birds, eight of which were marked as "not described by 

 Willson." Among them were the originals of some of 

 the most famous of his plates, such as the Great-footed 

 Hawk, the White-headed Eagle, and the Hen Turkey. 9 



Having seen in a newspaper a notice of an expedi- 

 tion which the Government was about to send to the 



9 These drawings were as follows : 



"Common gallinule; Not described by Willson; 



"Common gull; Not described by Willson; 



"Marsh hawk; 



"Boat tailed grackle; Not described by Willson; 



"Common Crow; 



"Fish Crow; 



"Rail or Sora; 



"Marsh Tern; 



"Snipe; Not described by Willson; 



"Hermit Thrush; 



"Yellow Red poll Warbler; 



"Savannah Finch; 



"Bath Ground Warbler; Not described by Willson; 



"Brown Pelican; Not described by Willson; 



"Great Footed Hawk; 



"Turkey Hen; Not described by Willson; 



"Cormorant; 



"Carrion Crow or Black Vulture; 



"Imber Diver; 



"White Headed or Bald Eagle." 



