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which have since })een iinented, there is no {l()u})t thut the 

 value of these expeditions would ha\ c been mucli augmented. 



How intcrestini'' to future venerations of ornitholomsts 

 to see permanent })hotoi>rapliic records of tlie first recorded 

 nests of the httle Stint and Crrey no^ er. with the ])irds 

 tliemselves photographed on or near the nests, as first dis- 

 covered l)v Seebohm ; or some of \\ OUeys I^apland disco\ cries ! 

 AVhat pictures of tlie great raptorial l)irds Prince Uudolpli 

 could lune <)l)tained if he had had a tele-photo lens wliile 

 in ambusli at their nests ! 



A most interesting expedition could be made now in 

 pursuit of tlie P^agles and \"idtures of Southern Europe. In 

 Spain alone there are still to be found in the l)ig pine-woods 

 and rugged sierras fi\'e different kinds of Eagles and fom- 

 species of \ ulture. Some of these are yearly decreasing in 

 numbers, and in a few more years will be extremely rare. 

 Hungary and the country round the Danube is also par- 

 ticularly rich in raptorial and marsh birds. 



But enough has been said to show what a wide opening 

 there is for the })h()t()graphic naturalist, and what a scope 

 for serious work in a new and })ractically luitroddcn field for 

 research. 



Unfortunately the field is too big for anv man of small 

 means. Unless backed by money, whether his own or pro- 

 vided by employers, no one can hope to do more than pick 

 up a few crumbs here and there in the way of results. 



The attempt to obtain photographs of wild and li\ing 

 animals is beset with many difficulties, not the least of which 



