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PREFACE 
On the principal outing trips, hereafter described, I have 
been happy in my companions. Usually these were C. S. 
Day, of Boston, and A. C. Bent, of Taunton, Massachusetts, 
and occasionally Dr. L. B. Bishop, of New Haven, Con¬ 
necticut, or Dr. E. E. Murphey, of Augusta, Georgia. All 
are fellow members with me of the American Ornithologists’ 
Union. They are familiar with all my methods, and have 
shared with me the excitement of the taking of many of my 
most successful pictures. The presence of responsible wit¬ 
nesses in hunting with the camera is not unimportant in 
these davs, when the recognized value of successful camera- 
shots leads so many of the unscrupulous to attempt short 
cuts to success that there is often need of careful scrutiny 
to distinguish the tares from the wheat. 
Most of the following chapters have been used, with more 
or less variation, as articles in “Outing” and “Country Life 
in America,” and one in “The Twentieth Century Home,” 
but many of the illustrations have never yet been published. 
Every lover of lairds realizes the great need there is for 
their protection. For the accomplishment of this end, organ¬ 
ization is absolutely essential, and it has been secured in the 
forming and recent incorporation of “The National Associa¬ 
tion of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds 
and Animals,” under the laws of the State of New York. 
Largely through its agency, with the cooperation of right- 
minded sportsmen, excellent laws have been passed in most 
of the states of the ITnion. Through the untiring agency of 
its president, Mr. Mhlliam Dutcher, some money has been 
raised and wardens have been hired to guard certain great 
