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THE GUIDE TO NATURE. 



WHITE SWAN. 



BY GEO. W. KELLOGG, 42 BUENA PLACE, 

 ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



This is an illustration of early morn- 

 ing possibilities, with a camera, about 

 the feeding grounds of domesticated 

 waterfowl. Voluntarily they will come 

 near, often too near, apparently antici- 



pating a breakfast concealed within the 

 picture machine. At no other time has 

 so much sociability been manifested or 

 the white swan seemed so agitated, ap- 

 parently disappointed because of an an- 

 ticipated morsel which has not been con- 

 tributed. 



KODAK VIEW OF SWAN. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIES OF THE RED- 

 EYED VIKEO. 



BY PAUL G. HOWES, THE MAPLEWOOD 

 FARM, STAMFORD, CONN. 



Of all our vireos no other is so widely 

 distributed as this modestly colored little 

 songster, who makes his home in our 

 shade trees, or in our orchards. He 

 sings incessantly from early morning un- 

 til sunset and at times he is almost mono- 

 tonous to those who do not have a na- 

 tural love for our birds. His clear and 

 almost liquid "Viry,". . ."Vireo" may be 

 heard at times during the day when no 

 other bird voice breaks the monotony of 

 the "Zeeeeeee" of the countless numbers 

 of cicadas. He also continues his song" 

 late into the fall when most other birds 

 have long since stopped. One can al- 

 most believe that he is telling you some- 

 thing, then stops as if thinking it over 

 for a few seconds and finally ends by 

 asking you, "Is it not so," "You believe 

 me?" "Surely it is." 



There has been some discussion about 

 the color of the eye of this bird, some 

 saying it is not red but brown, others 

 saying it is not brown but red, however 

 in the many birds' which I have come in 

 contact with the eye has been neither, or 

 you might say both, it being a mixture 

 of the two but, if anything more red than 

 brown. 



The birds arrive from the south dur- 

 ing the second week in May, but do not 

 commence building their nest until the 

 latter part of that month or the first or 

 second week in June. It requires from 





