BEGINNERS' SUBJECTS 



necked Ibis appearing on page 111, of White-browed Wood 

 Swallows on page 151, and of a Yellow-faced Honeyeater 

 on page 154. 



By drawing attention to the results obtained with a very 

 old and cheap camera, we may have caused a misappre- 

 hension in the minds of some of our readers. Not- 

 withstanding the results shown, we must again make 

 it clear that a magazine camera is quite unsuitable for 

 bird photography, and there are probably few per- 

 sons sufficiently interested to persevere against the 

 attendant difficulties as we did. The object of this 

 chapter is rather to show what may be accomplished 

 by the exercise of some ingenuity and patience, and 

 to awaken the beginner to a realisation of the fact that 

 there will surely be a bountiful harvest of disappointments 

 at first. This is our chief reason for recommending the 

 suburbs as a training ground for the city-dwelling 

 enthusiast. Had we followed our inclination, born of over- 

 confidence, and commenced operations further from home, 

 either one of two things would probably have happened. 

 Either our interest in a hobby, entailing such frequent dis- 

 appointments after long journeys, would have flagged, or 

 we would have found our expenses too heavy to allow us to 

 continue. 



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