INTRODUCTION. a 
stick the size of a common knitting-needle, glass-eyes, a solu- 
tion of corrosive sublimate, and any kind of a common tem- 
porary box to hold the specimen. These also may go under 
the denomination of the former. But if you wish to excel in 
the art, if you wish to be in Ornithology, what Angelo was in 
sculpture, you must apply to profound study and your own 
genius to assist you. And these may be called the scientific 
requisites. 
« You must have a complete knowledge of Ornithological an- 
atomy. You must pay close attention to the form and attitude 
of the bird, and know exactly the proportion each curve or 
extension, or contraction, or expansion of any particular part 
bears to the rest of the body. In a word, you must possess 
Promethean boldness, and bring down fire and animation as it 
were, into your preserved specimen. 
« Repair to the haunts of birds on plains and mountains, for- 
ests, swamps, and lakes, and give up your time to examine 
the economy of the different orders of birds. 
« Then you will place your Eagle, in attitude commanding, 
the same as Nelson stood in, in the day of battle, on the Vic- 
tory’s quarter deck. Your Pie will seem crafty, and just ready 
to take flight, as though fearfui of being surprised in some 
mischievous plunder. Your Sparrow will retain its wonted 
pertness, by means of placing his tail a little elevated, and 
giving a moderate arch to the neck. Your Vulture will show 
his sluggish habits by having his body nearly parallel to the 
earth; his wings somewhat drooping, and their extremities 
under the tail instead of above it, expressive of ignoble in 
dolence. 
“ Your Dove will be in airless, fearless innocence, looking 
mildly at you, with its neck not too much stretched, as if un- 
easy in its situation, or drawn too close into the shoulders, like 
one wishing to avoid discovery ; but in moderate, perpendicu- 
lar lengths, supporting the head horizontally, which will set 
off the breast to the best advantage.” * 
To the traveller who wanders in search of knowledge, but 
* Wanderings in South America, &c by Charles Waterton, Esq., a work © 
that cannot be too highly commended, from the many remarkable inci. 
dents contained in it, and the highly peetic and zealous warmth of its dic. 
tien, 
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