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he had mounted in two great glass cases, nearly covering 

 one side of the room. Lapham (1882, p. 166) says: 



So artistically prepared were they, and so naturally mounted, that 

 they attracted much attention among ornithological students. 



It is said that he was dissuaded from volunteering for the 

 Civil War by his father's opposition; was drafted but re- 



