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buildings of historic interest in Greater New York. Fifty 

 photographs, taken by Frank Cousins, have already been secured, 

 six of which are reproduced in this article, one of which repre- 

 sents the Ferine house at Dongan Hills. Other Staten Island 

 houses mentioned as having been selected are the Lake-Tysen 

 house at New Dorp ; the Guyon Clark house at Oakwood ; the 

 Billopp house at Tottenville and the De Groot house at West 

 New Brighton. A. H. 



Hunting with the Lens^ 



In this contribution the author is at his very best in both 

 description and illustration, which is saying a great deal in con- 

 nection with any particular article by Mr. Cleaves. In his pre- 

 liminary words the object in view is stated as follows: "This 

 account and the accompanying pictures are submitted to the 

 reader with the special purpose of emphasizing the truth of the 

 already oft-repeated contention that it is more glorious and 

 profitable to shoot birds through a lens than through the bore of 

 a gun " ; and the reproductions of his photographs, with their 

 accompanying descriptive matter, constitute a most delightful 

 and convincing demonstration of that for which he contends. 



Many of the pictures will be recognized by our members as 

 identical with those used by Mr. Cleaves in the form of lantern 

 slides to illustrate one or another of his lectures, and many of 

 the incidents described will sound familiar and recall what we 

 had the privilege of hearing before this article was published. 



Of special local interest is the account of an osprey in con- 

 nection with an artificial decoy fish, anchored in Wolfe's Pond, 

 near Prince's Bay, in which the actions of the bird are described 

 and illustrated in a most interesting and striking manner. 



Other subjects of local interest are a killdeer sitting on her 

 nest in a potato field near Prince's Bay, and a woodcock on her 

 nest at Rossville. An enlargement of the latter photograph was 

 on display in our museum for some length of time. 



A. H. 



* Howard H. Cleaves. Nat. Geog. Mag. 26 : 1-35. 47 f. July 1914. 



