Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-04-11
NESTS AND BIRDS.
THE TRIUMPH OF AN ORNITHOlOG-
ICAl OHIO FAMILY.
How the Work Vests and Birds Of
Ohio" Was Brought Out-Reproduc-
tions of the Exact Shades
of Nature.
l"Gath~ in Cincinnati Enquirer.I


While describing individuals Of mark
have encountered in the state. perhaps the
most pleasant instance was that OF an orni
biological family at Circleville. There re
sides physician. Mr.. Jones, who forty OF
more years ago studied medicine in Cleve-
land, AMI married there Miss Smith, whose
parents came from Massachuse tt. They
had two children, one Of whom is still liv-
Ing, and Is his fathers associate in practice,
AMI lecturer on physiology before the mel
zeal college at Columbus-Dr Howard Jones.
Several years ago brother and sister were
were riding in the vicinity of Circleville,
and they came to a birds nest with eggs
in it.
What kind of nest is this.r said the
sister
Il don't know" said the brother
You don't know what kind OF nest this
is-what kind of bird's-eg,s these are.'
asked the sister. Il should think you would
find out from book"
There Is no such book said tine brother,
you really tell me that there is NJ book
on biri's-nests aud bird's-eggs, by which you
can tell one net from anotherr
No; there Is no such book in the Uuited
States. There are books on birds, but not on
biri's-nests.7
Well, said she, = think if were man
would make a book to tell about such
things
Not long after the brother remarked: If
you will draw those nests ami eggs viii go
ami hunt them
He va, an earnest hunter in the Scioto
bottoms, Is wei IS a good fisherman. The
sister said she would like tn undertake that
work. 81 the young doctor began system
niaticaily To -tuly the species OF Ohio birds.
and he carefully procured these nests, gem
orally bringing them in with the bush or
bark or ground, even tine earth stuffed
around them where they were found, AMI
he also brought the eggs in all their
varieties from tIe largest size, and those
most distinctly narile with spot, or
colOrs down To the smallest eggs AMI tn.
palest ones These nests, exactly as they
were made with whatever the birds usei
whether hair OF wool or twigs or deglut.d
pieces Of lark, We're then drawn, being &C
curately measured AMI in course oi time
propositions were made 70 have them pub.
lishei. 1t was found that 10 engrave them
GA stone would tR:.e a considerable am Juat
Of money. Il then occurred to the young
man that Ia could buy the lithOgrap hic
stones and lave them drawn on the stone
He himself : a fair artist, and has painted
an very perfect cDior and style the
Wild ducks Of TIM Sc.o;o, with land.
scape slrruundinss, quite as clever, it
seems b me, rs any thing iii Audubon.
The sister commenced with the help of a
friend, - MAJ. these photographic drawings,
and they bad the ietter-pres; made in GIN
ami th5 book appears III numbers
with some thirty or forty subscribers, whC
paid the small sum, for Il work OF that labor
Of about sll9 api.ca. ,iac work was to be
finished IN about forty parts. After the first
number had appeared the young lady died
Of tyP.i II fever. Ii left the work in state
Of chaos, but her mother, grieving for her
los and won ieriIg where to turn her mind,
conclu lei 10 continue this task.
The Consequence. has been the publication
# nearly ali these numbers. They make a
,pleniii book uf the largest size; the sheets
are foot-an la half 10 two feet square AMI
Mrs. .jone,, with some lady associates, has |
irawn these nests upon the stone. and after /
they have been printed has coloreI them by |
hand, making the most beautiful reproiuc-
ions OF the exact tone, and shades of nature 1
which can be seen in that styls Of I
art IN the world Every picture i "a 1
work of art a5 Well as a work of alb /
'Oluto accuracy. In som. case Their. are l0J /
wigs in each nest, ant every twig has been |
'opied literally in all Its prop rt.ons, meas
ned with the divi ier' They have zen put /
Ipon the finest English artists paper IN the
'ery best British wat,r color, AMI you can
imagine tn. extraordinary amount % this
abor when you multiply the number Of
,opies Of the work by the number of plates;
f there are two pictures in each number
4 -
am not sure whether each number contains
ne or two plates.
This book quite equal u Audubon in the
apartment it takes up had no patrons, nor
we're any solicited IL has now been going
IN some five OF six years, AMI has been
abor Of delight a. well As Of pains In
ONE cases It takes whole week - draw
'iri's nest with faithful appreciation; the
more elaborat, nests often require from a
az to tire, days to paint them Not sin
,l- touch O. color Is put in which does not
elony there. ami therefore there can be no
aste about the performance To color the
latcs, and they are all colorei 10y hand,
lever takes lez; tLan three hours for
acii impreSsi m the iaiy who has
one the greater portion Of this work is
rubally - year If age / make this guess
10 ~ AthslAN- Alfa litlNt'als ti VI
'oinei lent With lin. labor has been the col
,ctipn Of a very resp ctabie pathological
brary The highest elias, OF scientist, in
hi country, like Professor Cowes. at Wash
lgton. have expressed themselves with
nothing like ecstasy upon the perfection
( that book. anI Vet while it is going on
unoticed and unannoanceI in Circleville
nj bearing the imprint OF that town upon
4 H.. ]
lace ali country had never produced any
i>tin- ui>hel or Distinguishing men AMI
'oman