2 East and West 
tropical, and whose flora and avifauna are 
unrivalled in extent, naturalists and poets, 
hunters and fishermen, and all lovers of the 
open, may claim their inheritance, each ac- 
cording to his capacity. While corners of 
this estate are charming and pastoral, others 
are savage and austere. So diversified is the 
flora and so considerable the avifauna that no 
one will ever have more than a passing ac- 
quaintance with either in the field. To fully 
know the birds and flowers of your own State 
may well occupy you all the days of your 
life. But to know those of another region, 
a corner remote from your own, greatly 
enlarges both the interest and the understand- 
ing. As to whether we call ourselves Eastern- 
ers or Westerners, we are primarily Americans, 
and our inheritance is the length and breadth 
of this land—the immense beauty of the 
Western deserts and snow-covered ranges as 
well as the peaceful charm of the meadows 
and pastures, the woods and fields of New 
York and New England. It would seem but 
fitting that we should now and then look over 
this estate and not content ourselves with 
some little corner, and that we should culti- 
vate an appreciation of its varied aspects. 
Perhaps it is not given to any one man to 
