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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



The uninformed traveler has passed by thousands of such 

 subjects in the tangled jungles of but little-known lands. 

 By using a small piece of white paper, or, indeed, any 

 light colored material, an insect may be photographed 

 "in the clear," as is here shown in Figure 7, which is an 

 excellent photograph of the female of our well-known 



THE SPARROW HAWK 



Figure 13. This species of one of the handsomest of the smaller American 

 falcons is readily tamed, and makes a very gentle and interesting pet. 

 The writer had this specimen for quite a long time. 



American Locust, taken shortly after its capture, and 

 perfect in the matters of health and structure. 



From such results as these, and through the advantage 

 gained by actual experience, the traveler may soon acquire 

 the skill necessary to obtain photographs of insects in 

 their natural habitats. A good example of such work 

 is also shown in Figure 10, which is of a common beetle 

 and a caterpillar. 



When we come to fish or, in fact, to any forms that 

 live under water, including such forms as the lobster 

 and its kind the portable aquarium is a very desirable 

 accessory. A small treatise might be written on the 

 photography of living fishes in their natural element 

 in fact, the writer was the first in this country to 

 succeed in such experiments (United States Fish Com- 



mission, 1898), and he has contributed to magazines and 

 scientific journals quite a number of articles on this sub- 

 ject. Should the explorer or all-around traveler fail 

 in the use of the small, portable aquarium, photographs 

 of dead fish, when properly taken against light-colored 

 backgrounds, are very acceptable. One must be careful 

 to spread the tail and fins in a normal manner, in that 

 their form and structure may be readily appreciated. Full 

 notes ought invariably to be made on fishes, especially 

 in the matter of habitat, size, colors, sex (if possible), 

 and weight. 



With respect to turtles, and to more or less similarly 

 formed creatures, it is quite necessary, whenever possi- 

 ble, to make two photographs of the animal, for the 

 reason that the views from above and below are so 

 utterly different. There are some wonderful turtles in 



BIRDS' NESTS ARE EXCELLENT SUBJECTS 



Figure 14. Our Redwing Blackbird often builds its nest as here shown, 

 and when this is the case it may be seen in nature a considerable 

 distance away. The eggs are very beautiful, being a pale blue, with 

 curious, irregular and eccentric line-markings in black. Such a picture 

 is as good as having the nest at hand, as every detail of its structure 

 is shown. 



tropical and subtropical countries, only a few of which 

 have been photographed in life particularly in their 

 native haunts. 



Lizards constitute another class of which we stand 

 much in need of good photographs of living specimens 

 preferably, but of rare, dead ones in the event of live 

 ones being unobtainable. A little while ago, Mr. Dudley 



