The following text is adapted from Richard Connell’s 1923 short story “The Man Who Could Imitate a Bee.” An ornithologist is a scientist who studies birds.
At twelve [years old Hervey Deyo] had resolved to be a scientist and furthermore a great scientist. He determined to pursue the career of ornithologist; there was something so dignified and withal scientific about a science that called the sparrow Passer domesticus and the robin Erithacus rubecula. He made rapid progress. On his thirteenth birthday he took a bird walk at dawn and was able to record in his note-book the scientific names of forty-nine birds, including the ruby-and-topaz humming-bird (Chrysolampis mosquitus) which is rare around Boston.
At twelve [years old Hervey Deyo] had resolved to be a scientist and furthermore a great scientist. He determined to pursue the career of ornithologist; there was something so dignified and withal scientific about a science that called the sparrow Passer domesticus and the robin Erithacus rubecula. He made rapid progress. On his thirteenth birthday he took a bird walk at dawn and was able to record in his note-book the scientific names of forty-nine birds, including the ruby-and-topaz humming-bird (Chrysolampis mosquitus) which is rare around Boston.