Although travel difficulties which meant he was unable to go deep into the mountain forests to observe birds might have left his range of species somewhat less rich than that of the new generation of bird artists, the spirit of Lin's bird painting is by no means inferior to theirs.
雖然過去受限於交通工具，無法更深入台灣的山林觀察鳥類，因而所畫的鳥種不如新一代畫者豐富，但林先生的畫鳥精神卻不輸今人。