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ETON NATURE-STUDY 



PHOTOGRAPHS OF FLOWERS 



It is becoming more customary to collect photographs of birds, 

 instead of shooting them, or of their nests without robbing them,* 



Photograph by Henry Stevens. 



FIGURE 180. "May. 



and this is not because a well-stuffed bird or a blown egg does 

 not give an adequate idea of its original form and colour. The 

 ordinary pressed plants, on the other hand, however, leave a great 



* Through the example of Mr Richard Kearton and others. 



