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PUBLISHERS NOTICES 



The Guide to Nature. 



EDUCATION AND RECREATION 



AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR ADULTS. DEVOTED TO COMMON- 

 PLACE NATURE WITH UNCOMMON INTEREST. 



PUBLISHED BY THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION. OFFICE: 113 GROVE ST., STAMFORD. CONNECTICUT 



Subscription, $1.50 Per Year. Single Copy, 15 Cents. 

 Entered as second-class matter, April 6, 1908, at the Post Office at Stamford, Conn., under the act of March 3, 1879 



Vol. I 



JANUARY, 1909 



No. 10 



THE CHRISTMAS BIBD-LOEE. 



Bird-Lore for Christmas (The Mac- 

 millan Company, New York), covering 

 the months of November and December, 

 completes the tenth year of this fascinat- 

 ing and unique periodical. With a mo- 

 destv remarkable as it is rare, the editor 

 makes no claim for the great amount 

 of good the magazine has clone in its 

 chosen field, preferring "to look ahead 

 rather than behind.'' In addition to two 

 splendid four-color plates made from 

 Bruce Horsfall's drawings, there is an 

 intensely interesting article on the sea 

 birds which do their housekeeping and 

 raise their families on Bird Rock, "way 

 off in the middle of the stormy, fog- 

 bound Gnlf of St. Lawrence." Mr. E. 

 J. Sawyer, tells an interesting story of 

 "The Drumming of the Ruffed Grouse," 

 and illustrates it with some remarkable 

 photographs of the bird goinf through 

 its peculiar performance. There is an 

 interesting sketch of a "blind" used in 

 the study of bird life, by the editor, a 

 comprehensive report of the 1908 meet- 

 ing of the National Association of Au- 

 dubon Societies including reports by field 

 agents and State Audubon Reports, and 

 a list of the members of the National 

 Association. Altogether, Christmas Bird- 

 Lore is one of the best numbers ever 

 issued. 



A HEM A It K ABLE LESS. 



Two circulars of especial interest come 

 to my desk. One contains a prism sec- 

 tion of an 8 x 10 photograph of a crowd 

 of people ; the other a series of attitudes 

 of an athlete turning somersault in mid- 

 air from a springboard. 



The photographs were the work of the 

 Ic Tessar lens made by The Bausch & 

 Lomb Optical Company, Rochester, N. 

 Y. 



I have never used a Tessar because I 

 have preferred the Protar on account 

 of its wider range of usefulness ; but for 

 specific speed and sharpness (with a 

 peculiarly pleasing crispness of image) 

 it does seem that this new Tessar is 

 worth careful consideration by natural- 

 ists. The manufacturers claim that it is 

 especially adapted to telephoto work. If 

 any of our readers have used it in nature 

 photography, will they please report 

 results ? 



An Unparalleled Price for an Unparal- 

 leled Work. 



See if you can buy an original copy of W. H. 

 Edward's magnificent volume set of "The Butterflies 

 of North America" for a cent less than the publishers' 

 price, $135.00 net. If you would like a copy at $75, 

 write and ask the editor of The Guide to Nature 

 about it. Hand drawn and hand colored plates. 



