Physical Features and Habitats 17 



acquired much Wilsoniana of the highest value and 

 superintended the publication of the Porter & Coates 

 edition of Wilson, Ord and Bonaparte's American 

 Ornithology, in which he used Wilson's own copper 

 plates. 



A Quakeress devotee to natural science and paint- 

 ing, Graceanna Lewis"^^ of "Sunnyside," Kimberton; 

 under the date of July 12th, 1868, published the 

 first part of a scientific treatise presented in popular 

 form ; said to contain a number of original obser- 

 vations, especially on eggs and four text figures rep- 

 resenting diagramatically the evolution and classi- 

 fication of birds, of which a considerably modified 

 system was proposed. This extremely rare paper is 

 dedicated to Prof Cassin. Apparently the pub- 

 lishers did not meet with sufficient encouragement 

 to warrant a continuation of the parts. I have not 

 seen it and am indebted to Dr. Richmond of the 

 Smithsonian Institution for a copy of the title^° and 

 a resume of the contents. 



Sara Louisa Oberholtzer,^^ poetess and a student 

 of birds, studied under JVliss Lewis, perhaps. 



The first county list was published in 1861 by 

 Vincent Barnard^^ of London Grove, naturalist, 

 artisian and universal genius; from observations 

 probably begun about 1850. This list of 191 

 species, similar to most all early faunal lists, con- 

 tains very brief annotations, but appears to have 

 few errors in species. "Grus americanus Ord" 

 doubtless is a misidentification of the Grus specimen 

 secured by Michener. The Mississippi Kite, which 

 is understood to have been based upon a view of an 



