"Faunists, as you observe, are too apt to acquiesce in bare 

 descriptions and a few synonyms. The reason is plain, because 

 all that may be done at home in a man's study ; but the investiga- 

 tion of the life and conversation of animals is a concern of much 

 more trouble and difficulty, and is not to be attained but by the 

 active and inquisitive, and by those that reside much in the 

 country. Men that undertake only one district, are much more 

 likely to advance natural knowledge, than those that grasp at more 

 than they can possibly be acquainted with. Every kingdom, every 

 province should have its own monographer." GILBEET WHITE. 



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