PICTURES OF BIRD LIFE 



CHAPTEU 1 



Photography for Naturalists 



Tliei'e are so many ji-eiitleiiu'ii wlm have leisure and means, tliat we beg ti) 

 suggest that tliose wIid lia\e tlie opportunity sliouhl make it their pleasure and 

 l»usiness to visit smne of these nrangs in tlieir tropical forests. Li't thinii for ruicr 

 li-drr titc ijiDi (IikI njir (if Ikiiiic, iiikI tithe iiiilji llii' frlrscttjtr imtl fif/i/-i//ii.\.\, tlif xlxctfh- 

 hiHik luiil jii'iiril. Naturalists and anatomists know quite enough of the structure, 

 as comjjared with man, of the orang, gorilla, and chimpanzee. There are skeletons 

 and skins in abundance of all these in England, but nobody, not even Professor ( ^\\i}n 

 himself, can tell the social manners an<l customs of an animal from his skeleton 

 and the structure (if his muscles, ^\'hat is wanted now to till up this vacant gap 

 is an account of the home life of the gi'eat aj)es. This is mit to hr Dhtniiiril liij shiiot'iiiij 

 mill jirrsi'i-iifiiii/ t lie III. hilt fill iiirrtiiii/ thrill ils it ircrr in ii J'ririiilljl ii'Hjl. 



Tins Avrote Fniiik I^iickland. now many years ago. respecting 

 some specimen of orang-otang which had just reached England. 

 If lie had hved in these days of photography, I feel positive 

 iie would lia\ e included the camera and tele-photographic lens 

 in liis suggested outfit. 



.At any rate, liis condemnation of mere killing is wortliy 

 of consideration. Tliere is so nuich slaughter of wild animal 

 life going on ail o\er tlie world, tliat at tlie present rate of 

 destruction there will soon he nothing left to kill. 



But before the comini)- extermination the substitution 



