ISSI KI) I\ liKHALF OF TUK SnKVOE IT ABVOCATKS. 
11E3HNIS( KNCES 
<>I' A 
CoUoclor. 
Spnicu Grouse. 
Three oi'tlicso ;irc nioiuited 
till' ^■kin fftutt' onlv. 
liio otlicT? in 
A F'l'ilU n wtrk or an oi' liirtlior sojoitni 
*■ ill thf wildr* of till' Ailil'oudiU'ks. ui\V 
juu'ty n'turiUMl to tlic point avIktc wo liini 
' H^iitrnMh Hs iniiiiy Im<l coino I'mtu djffinviit 
towiir*. My journal rontainvd many notes 
new til mi'. my culiinet «'ontainLMl n stiti 
•.:ri'atiT f^nitply of rkin.s ami r;L^;rs ; tin* lat- 
li*r, ini\vfvi.'r. iVhl not amount to niucli. a>t. 
!tku all f»t!u'r iiriuiiiivr ooloiiirit;', I had 
Itlowa tlieiu thnnijrh two IioIo.h, and in lour 
*NU''es out of five, thi'sc ludcs avito lar^je 
(snou^jrli to adiuit one's litlK^ i;njr**r, even 
ihoit'^li a ^niali. rir.i:. as I had cmployiHl a 
ja<'k-kuiiV*- in <iri:!iii,i^ thein ! How diHL'rtiufc 
from till' nici'ly dridf.d api-rturos of to-day ! 
I liavc not rt't'onali'd mon; tlian about one 
thir*! of njy journai iu tlicsr oolunius^, us it 
is wnn^'wliai unintrruj^ling. but may add 
that 1 had soomvd fivu i^kim of pricclortS 
valac to mi' (I am iiwaru of it iny\\% but 
tlion. I did not attacit so nuicli Higuifa'aiK'** 
lo-tliijui as I sh4>uld had i know;, tboir rar- 
ity), namt'Iy : that of tla? ])ui-k Hawk, Fi- 
Jc;ttod \V'v.dT»*.Tk(.'T. Van'd (irebv: and 
31 V tiu ilitios for colloctihfr in MJi) \vt*ri' o*' 
; nujre advantairc to int* than hort'tofbrc. aud 
I ])(iss('s.si'd a *!(>(al Knuiisli i^bnt jrin;i!ii 
bri-i'i-)f ioadiirj" ;L;'nii, wiiirh 1 aKvavs con- 
^idtM'iHi tilt; bi .<! fsuu math'. K;:';^coliectin;i: 
liiiii. in iho. two years that inttTvcued Ite- 
Iween niy northern New York trip and *0J), 
beetnne very iuterostin;; to me, and throat- 
viwd to supercede my desire I'orbird.s thevii- 
selve.*!. My eolleetion am(»uiited then ('00 ) 
to liHy varieties of etr^^s : an innuenMe luim- 
ber 1 tliouifht. 1 used to take every np- 
jtortunily J could control to ;:fj hirds'-n(?.«l- 
iag. and rarely ever returned eniptv-luiud- 
,ed, 1 can clearly nnnendjer — with the aid 
' of n note made at tlu' time — the day hu 
I v.liieh I made t\ lar^xe *• collect." as J called 
it. and never s^ince have 1 been ibrl;»j«te 
inonpfh to equal it. 1 collecti'd otr tl:at 
(lay, between ten and twenty iiext.s of Wild 
l^iiTCitnis' e^ijr:, about liall* a diiZrn Mud- 
hens' (Stake driver) e^rir-*. and at Iea."-t no 
h:3ti thai', thirty v*£i£s ot the Field an<I \\U 
low-dhaaks liover."<. 1 cons^ideivd this ii 
splendid *" collect/' aati luive never nuci* 
bad the fortuite to uathcr so many at one 
time. 
Duriiii tue spriu;r and sMiniucr of tue 
same year (*(lt>). I w.jn in\ifed lo a^eoKi- 
