The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-02-04

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and that ncrhans NOT fsr .,;s..n. I'll, have :,
living rcprescnt.,;,e 4. ,,,,r ,,;,st m. sna.o.
10 which thev h..lonr vii, -. or,v :;
! nv and by preserved snee;r,cns Some of ~,
learned and scientific men of other p.,;on. .,,.
priscd Of this fact arp co,lect;nc tose
and sending them to the m,,seums of their nat;xo
country.
Naturaiists in the earlier settled States of orr
own country. it is truc. are making an effort N
secure complete collections of the Fauna Of the
West. But years hence. when this shall have
become the centre 81 fpopulation-the very heart
Of our country-posterity, in looking back to the
works Of our day. wilfexpect 70 fnd as their legacy
well preserved specimens Of the Natural History
Of our times. We must not ,ieprive thpmof this
their rightfal Inheritance: and comnel them. nv
our neglect, to 60 to Europe. or even to the Al.
lantic States. to find these snecimens
The history of animal AZ well "A vegetable life;
before the creation of man. God has written in.
delibly as with q pcn of iron unon the imhe,,ed
Goals and rocks of almost eyery locality For the
faithful continuation of these record, He holds ma
responsible. We are expected. by the aid Of
science, to preserve an account Of the changes
which take place among the birds and animals
Of our day, for the benefit Of those who come af.
ter us. This is not only our privilege. hut our
positive duty. Our descendants will expect US to
leave, in connexion with our public institutions,
well preserved specimens of all the birds and an
imals now to be found.
Another and more important reason why vc
should give immediate attention to the subject Of
Natural History, is the fact, that it is rapidly as
suming high position among the scholastic lit.
erature Of our country. Ornithology and Zoology.
as well as Physiology and Geology, have been ac-
tually introduced, as branches ofstudy, into many
Of our best schools and colleges. This is as it
should be. We see no reason why the study of
Natural History in its various departments, may
not afford degree of mental discipline, equally
as good as the study of Ancient Languages; and
in addition a much greater amount of useful and
pleasurable knowledge.
These facts we wish to impress upon your mind;
and solicit your favorable attention to the effort
now being made to establish good Museum in
connection with the Burlington University
Judging from the origin and career of other and
older Institutions Of learning, we could but regard
this as destined in the future to occupy high
position among the best Institutions Of our land.
Hence we consider it one of the most suitable
nlaces for n co,ection of Natural History snee;.
mens Here we w;sh tn soc for the benest Of our
.h;,,,ro, and ch;,aren,s ch;,d,c, FIJI collec,;on
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We have not less than FORTY ,ar;e,,es of tho ~,
many varieties ofthe f;oose and u.wl. .nd ..m.nv
birds of MANY knd., ,h., are smaller omou,,;no
in all, according to the catalogue Of the Smith.
sonian Institution, to seven hundred and sixteen
|, different species. or animals too. we have in
our timber and on cur prairie great VARIETY
In securing specimens for the Museum. mucl
care needs to be taken. Small birds should be
killed with yery fnc shot and to prevent the
plumage from getting soiled, their mouths ant
nostrils should be plugged with cotton They
should then be carefully wrapped in thin paper
and forwarded Immediately to my labratory, No
10 Kendall Ediice In warm weather birds viii
! spoil in few hours Animals if skinned, shoult
) be opened along the posterior half of the back
leaving the lower bones of the legs, and the skull
t in the skin, taking good care if forwarded ii
: warm weather, to pack well in finc salt We al
T ways prefer. however. when possible, to receiy
. the snecimens whole ANY thing sent by expres
will reach us Immediately. MANY have alrcad
: contributed to our enterprise by sending us yau
j, able snec;meps so that we may safely saw W
t have as good collection a, can be found ives