Identifier: birdlore111909nati (find matches)
Title: Bird lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Committee of the Audubon Societies of America National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals National Audubon Society
Subjects: Birds Birds Ornithology
Publisher: New York City : Macmillan Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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AWAITING THE END—TOO WEAK TO STAND OR CRY FOR FOOD-DEATH WILL BE A HAPPY RELEASEPhotoyraphed by A. H. E. Mattingley
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1. Black-capped ViREO 3. White-eyed Vireo 2. Muttons Vireo 4. Least Vireo 5. Bells Vireo (one-half natural size) A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINEDEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS Official Organ of the Audubon Societies Vol. XI May—June, 1909 No. 3 A Bird Photographers Outfit By A. C. BENT With photographs by the author THERE can be no doubt that the modern sport of camera-hunting is rapidlyincreasing in favor and gradually replacing the more destructive, thoughno more exciting, sport of killing game with rifle or gun. A glance atthe pages of any up-to-date magazine, devoted to outdoor amusements, willshow that bird and animal photography has taken a prominent place amongthe held sports of the day. Though my early training and my field experiencein the best shooting-grounds in the country have made me an ardent sportsman,I shall in future leave the killing of game to others,—to those who have nottasted of the pleasures of bird photography. It is my cameras now that absorbmy attenti

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