INTRODUCTION 5 
nor temptations to break game laws, but every day 
in the year he is free to go afield, and at all times 
he may find something to claim his attention. 
Finally, there is to be added to the special charm 
of bird photography the general charm attending 
the use of the camera. Thousands of people are 
finding pleasure in the comparatively prosaic em- 
ployment of photographing houses, bridges, and 
other patiently immovable objects wholly at the 
camerist’s mercy. Imagine, then, the far greater 
enjoyment of successes not only of real value in 
themselves, but undeniable tributes to one’s skill 
both as photographer and hunter. 
Nor should this introduction be closed without 
due acknowledgment to the educational value of 
photography, to its power to widen the scope of our 
vision, and to increase our appreciation of the beau- 
tiful. There is a magic in the lens, the ground glass, 
and the dark cloth which transform the commonest 
object into a thing of rarest interest. 
