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letterhead New York, Aug 16th 1877. John Muir Esq.. Dear Sir, I have just read your article on The Humming bird of
the California water falls and am delighted with it. It offers a fine field for illustrations. I write to see if you know
of any picture of the bird that has been published and if so if you will please give me the title of the book in which it
appeared Your sketches will be of great use to our article to work from and if not too much trouble I would like you to make
several others of which I send the following but? No 1 One of this bird or birds flying about in the spray? in margin: 00750
2 letterhead 2 Diving in foaming ed illegible 3 A view under water of the three Ouzels feeding at bottom of the lake.
This will make a novel and striking picture. 4 Ouzels flying under water (this is important.) 5 Ouzel entering a white torrent
5 Ouzel swooping down the incline of cascades. As none of one bird artists here have seen the Ouzel it would be impossible
for them to give any idea of how he flies without a sketch to guide them in margin: 00750