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MALE AND FEMALE PUSSY WILLOWS. 

 Photograph by Edward F. Bigelow. 



cut have taken the wise action of pre- 

 venting such annihilation of lessening 

 of the plant by placing on the statute 

 books a law against gathering it with 

 penalty of a large fine. — E. F. B.) 



A Few Notes On Nature Photography. 



BY HARRY G. PHISTER, VERNON, N. Y. 



As an ardent devotee of the camera 

 I have always been intensely inter- 



ested in nature photography, es- 

 pecially the photographing of birds, 

 their nests and young. It requires a 

 great deal of patience and a plentiful 

 supply of plates to photograph the 

 birds themselves but the nests and 

 eggs are comparatively easy. 



There is nothing more enjoyable, 

 to me, on the bright and beautiful 

 spring days, than to shoulder my 



YOUNG RED-EYED VIREOS. 

 YOUNG LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES. 



YOUNG BITTERNS. 



