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A DECORATION OF TRAILING ARBUTUS. 

 By Edward F. Bigelow. 



scured or destroyed. But no trouble 

 should be encountered, if full expos- 

 ures are made, and if plenty of water 

 is used in the developer, and the nega- 

 tive kept thin. 



The few examples here given are 

 shown with the intention of pointing" 

 out the possibilities in this class of 

 work. 



about fifty yards away. He was still 

 fast to the brick, but he had flown with 

 it over the fence. Afterward I found 



Interests Near Home. 



Llano, Texas. 



To the Editor : 



The Guide to Nature has excited 

 in me an interest for the things of the 

 everyday life that surrounds me. My 

 fault seems to have been in looking for 

 things of interest that were distant, 

 just over the hill as it were. 



These photographs, of a hawk and 

 an owl, are pictures of birds that are 

 common here, and pests to the farmers 

 as well as terrors to the chickens. 

 Their lifting powers are wonderful. 1 

 have seen each of them carry off a full- 

 grown hen. 



The owl in the photograph was tied 

 to a brick, while 1 went for the camera, 

 but on my return he was not in the 

 field. I found him near some cactuses 



THE STUDY OF A CHICKEN HAWK. 



