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waited with bated breath for his decision. 

 After a cursory glance the great man said, 

 " It is a so and so." The name of the bird is 

 forgotten. "Oh no!" exclaimed one of the 

 boys, "we know it isn't that. We are only 

 in doubt if it is a so and so, or a so and so." 

 " Well my boys/' said the kindly Professor, 

 " you seem to know a good deal more about it 

 than I do ; but if you like, I will take the skin 

 up to the Natural History Museum and get it 

 classified for you." And so he did, telling the 

 boys after that it was one of the birds they 

 had disputed about. At Oxford, life was 

 different. He was able to give as much time 

 to his pursuits as he wished, and had hosts of 

 friends who were not only very devoted to him, 

 but shared his pursuits. He studied those 

 branches of science needed for his work on 

 ornithology, in which his power of accurate 

 drawing was of great service. A specimen of 

 drawing in anatomical work is given opposite. 

 A Tawny-eagle, two Spotted eagle, and a 

 Chilian-eagle, all occupy one large cage at 

 Mottisfont. These birds live in quarters 

 originally designed for the "poor leopard" 

 which was burnt at Oxford. According to the 

 keeper's account "Mr. Dan" smuggled him 

 into college in a portmanteau. An Oxford 



