Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales (Moby-Dick, Chapter 56)

"The physiological side of collecting is important. In the analysis of this behavior, it should not be overlooked that, with the nest-building of birds, collecting acquires a clear biological function. There is apparently an indication to his effect in Vasari's treatise on architecture. Pavlov, too, is supposed to have occupied himself with collecting."

--Walter Benjamin, The Arcades Project, p. 210