THE APPEAL OF THE SPORT 



plate, the very thing to begin with. I have one much 

 like his except that mine has rather longer bellows, so 

 as to allow the use of the single members of the doublet 

 lens, and a larger size of lens at that, one intended for 

 the next larger size of camera. This gives a larger 

 image of a bird at a given distance, and is very useful 

 with shy birds, or when one has to climb and photo- 

 graph from tree to tree, or from branch to branch, and 

 cannot get as near as is desirable to one's subject- 

 Later Ned will probably get one like mine, and, if he 

 succeeds well enough to warrant the outlay, a reflecting 

 camera for photographing birds on the wing. These 

 are costly and require a rapid and expensive lens. 

 A 4x5 size, long-focus, is best for the purposes of most 

 people, though a 5x7, if not of too heavy a make, has 

 longer bellows, and admits of a larger lens. 



This sport of bird study can be fitted to any person 

 and any need. Pursued to the full it means adventure 

 on land and water, hardihood, climbing trees or cliffs, 

 danger, travel and exploration to the remotest parts of 

 the earth, if one wish. But it can be limited to ac- 

 cessible local birds, the smaller birds of garden or field, 

 in which even an invalid can take a world of comfort. 

 A multitude of girls and women in these days are de- 

 voted to it. Though they do not usually venture, for 

 instance, upon climbing lofty trees to inspect hawks' 

 nests, like their brothers, many of them have done fine 

 work and made valuable contributions to science. The 

 girls in the high school, not far from the one which Ned 



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