. Der Vogel . k,die beide Rasse, und das Ei, das Nest, der Wald, die sehr Land-Landschaft, ist eine Rivalität mit der Natur. Diese gi-Eat obseivers haben onespecialty, die sej)arates sie fiomall andere. Ihr Gefühl ist so deli-cate, so präzise, dass keine Generalitieses befriedigen könnte; sie müssen immer das Individuum untersuchen. Gott, 1think, weiß nichts von unseren classifi-cations; er schuf solche und solche acreature, und gibt aber wenig Beachtung zu den imaginaiy Linien, mit denen weisolate die Spezies. Im Samemanner kannte Wilson nichts derVögel in der Masse, sondern ein solches in-dividual, eines solchen Alters, mit solchem

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. The bird . k, exhibiting both race, and the egg, the nest, the forest, the very land-scape, is a rivalry with nature. These gi-eat obseivers have onespeciality which sej)arates them fiomall others. Their feeling is so deli-cate, so precise, that no generalitiescould satisfy it; they must alwaysexamine the individual. God, 1think, knows nothing of our classifi-cations ; he created such and such acreature, and gives but little heed tothe imaginaiy lines with which weisolate the species. In the samemanner, Wilson knew nothing ofbirds in the mass; but such an in-dividual, of such an age, with suchplumage, in such circumstances. Heknows it, has seen it, has seen itagain and again, and he wiU tell youwhat it does, what it eats, how itcompoits itself, and will relate certainadventures, certain anecdotes of itslife. I knew a woodpecker. Ihave frequently seen a Baltimore.When he uses these expressions, youmay wholly trust yourself to him ;they mean that he has held close relations with them in a species of. 126 THE HEKONRIES OF AMEKICA. friendly and family intimacy. Would that we knew the men withwhom we transact business as well as Wilson linew the bird qua, or the heron of the Carolinas ! It is easily understood, and not difficult to imagine, that whenthis hird-man returned among men, he met with none that couldcomprehend him. His peculiarly novel originality, his marvellousexactness, his unique faculty of individualization (the only meansof re-making of re-creating the living being), were the chief obstaclesto his success. Neither publishers nor public cared for more thannoble, loftj, and vague generalities, in faithful observance of BufFonsprecept: To generalize is to ennoble; therefore, adopt the word general. It required time, and, more than aU, it required that this fertilegenius should after his death inspire a similar genius, the accurate andpatient Audubon, whose colossal work has astonished and subjugatedthe public, by demonstrating that the true and living in repr

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