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advantage the artist with brush and pencil lias over the taxidermist in 

 rendering the mood as well as the characteristic pose of the bird. They are 

 portraits of living birds. As the N. A. A. S. places its emphasis upon the 

 distribution of its leaflets with their accurate and fresh presentation of 

 data relating to the habits and economic status of the birds, it is the policy 

 of the Society not to sell the pictures apart from the leaflets. These with 

 the pictures cost five cents each. They may be obtained by addressing the 

 Society at 1974 Broadway, New York City. 



The New York Pictures 



The New York State Museum at Albany issues portfolios containing 

 106 plates of bird pictures, these being reprints from the plates used in 

 Eaton's large work entitled "The Birds of New York" published in two 

 volumes by the state in 1916. Reproduced from original paintings by 

 Louis Agassiz Fuertes, these plates represent the finest achievement of this, 

 today, the foremost artist of bird life. The plates are nine inches by 

 twelve inches and in the series are included the pictures of 320 birds that 

 breed within or visit the state of New T York. Each plate represents a 

 group of birds of related species. For this portfolio of 106 plates the State 

 Museum asks only one dollar. This is an extraordinary bargain. For 

 purposes of study and comparison these group pictures are the best for 

 the class room. 



Below are reproduced photographs of each of the three prints described 

 above. As these are on the same scale, the relative sizes of the prints are 

 preserved. The photographs illustrate the style of mounting the prints. 



Mounting Bird Pictures 



An 8-ply olive-green cardboard mount is recommended. This color, 

 or even a darker one, is good for a background and does not show finger 

 prints. The margins of the pictures are trimmed away and the titles re- 

 mounted below with due regard to correct spacing. Mounting board can 

 be ordered from the printer or from a wholesale paper house. It comes in 

 sheets 22 by 28 inches and should be cut at the printing office into 1 1 by 

 14 inch mounts for the New York pictures or 7 1-3 by 9 1-3 inch mounts 

 for the Mumford prints and the N. A. A. S. prints. 



Flour paste can be used in pasting pictures to mounts. In the process 

 one must not neglect to moisten the reverse side of the mount with a rag 

 or a sponge. This forestalls the inevitable warping of the mount when 

 paste is applied to one side only. The entire underside of the picture 

 should be pasted to the mount. The best and quickest way of mounting 

 pictures involves the use of mending tissue which is a sort of sheet gutta 

 percha. It can be bought at a tailor's supply house and comes in yard 

 widths and in any length desired. The wholesale price is around twenty- 

 five cents a square yard. The picture to be mounted is laid on its face 

 and mending tissue is spread over the back, leaving only a tiny margin 

 exposed. The tissue can be in one piece or in any number of pieces laid 

 side by side. With one's finger nail the tissue can be creased to make it 

 adhere temporarily to the back of the picture. The picture is then placed 

 on the mount in the desired position, a sheet of clear paper is spread over 

 it, and the whole surface is smoothed with a hot iron. This melts the 



