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Vol. 11 October, 1915 No. 7 



Nature- Study and the Common Forms of Animal 



Life. 11. 



By Dr. R. W. Shufeldt 



(Reproductions of photographs from life by the author). 



In the May, 1915, issue of The Nature-Study Review I 

 attempted to point out the great advantage to be derived from 

 publishing good illustrations of as many of our common animals 

 as possible, or of those forms of life that the young student of 

 nature is m.ost apt to meet with and should, without hesitation, be 

 able to name. Such illustrations should be, whenever possible, 

 reproductions of photographs from life, the photographs being, in 

 any case, of a class that presents the animal thus taken in such a 

 way that it instantly suggests to the mind of the observer that form 

 in nature which it is intended to represent. 



As pointed out in the above article, this was the first of a series 

 of contributions of that class which I hoped to publish, from time 

 to time, in The Review, the present article being the second of the 

 series. Each animal figured will be briefly described in the text, 

 so that, in due course of time, all of these articles will constitute 

 quite a respectable little handbook or guide to the identification 

 of many of our American forms of animal life. To be sure, sucli 

 figures, with their appropriate text matter, are to be found t()-da\- 

 in a great many different kinds of w^orks on l)io]og\' and natural 

 history ; but the young student of nature is not ahva>'s in a ])()siti()n 

 to secure these for his own Hbrary, or even to borrow \\\vm from 

 the libraries of others. In any event, it is far more satisfaclor.N' to 

 have them on one's own bookshelf, where tlie\- can \)v consult c^d 

 in the Review at any and at all times. 



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