INTRODUCTION 5 



nor temptations to break game laws, but every day 

 in the year he is free to go afield, and at all times 

 he may find something to claim his attention. 



Finally, there is to be added to the special charm 

 of bird photography the general charm attending 

 the use of the camera. Thousands of people are 

 finding pleasure in the comparatively prosaic em- 

 ployment of photographing houses, bridges, and 

 other patiently immovable objects wholly at the 

 camerist's mercy. Imagine, then, the far greater 

 enjoyment of successes not only of real value in 

 themselves, but undeniable tributes to one's skill 

 both as photographer and hunter. 



Nor should this introduction be closed without 

 due acknowledgment to the educational value of 

 photography, to its power to widen the scope of our 

 vision, and to increase our appreciation of the beau- 

 tiful. There is a magic in the lens, the ground glass, 

 and the dark cloth which transform the commonest 

 object into a thing of rarest interest. 



