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tion, that he administers to game and fish 

 hogs generally. 



The mother bear was shot and killed by 

 Elmer Ness, of Cascade, B. C, on the lake 

 shoie a few rods above where the little 

 cubs were perched when the photograph 

 was taken. To have presented the mother, 

 dead, lying at the base of the old tree, 

 might have shed truthful light on the legit- 

 imacy of the picture-subject; yet had I 

 placed her there my reputation as a ruth- 

 less killer might have been considerably 

 heightened in the estimation of your num- 

 erous readers of Recreation, and for that 

 reason I am thankful the old mother is not 

 shown. 



G. E. Strobridge, Republic, Washington. 



This photo is reproduced on page 336 — Ed. 



The fact that the blue heron of which I 

 send you photo had been wounded just suf- 

 ficiently to make him sick enabled me to 

 secure the picture. He was so sick that 

 he did not have any interest in things mun- 

 dane, or care whether the stream ran thick 

 with sticklebacks or juicy trout minnows. 

 His thoughts were with his forefathers, and 

 centered on the last long flight which he 

 was about to take to join the crane major- 

 ityon the other shore of the vast sea which 

 even cranes must cross. He was not so 

 sick, however, but that he could stand in a 

 natural position and look contented and 

 happy while his "picter was took." In all 

 my experience, which is considerable, I 

 never before saw a heron wounded just to 

 such an exact point. The bird was left 

 standing on the log seen in the picture, and 

 was afterward captured by a farmer, who 

 kept it some time. I am unable to say 

 whether it recovered from the wound. No 

 taxidermist ever saw the bird, and .he was 

 certainly alive and able to walk when the 

 picture was taken, but he could not fly. 

 The left wing was damaged. 



I remain, yours sincerely, 



W. H. Thurston, Flesherton, Ont. 



This photo is reproduced on page 345. — Ed. 



Herewith I mail you 2 prints of a wild 

 hummingbird, to enter in your 7th yearly 

 photographic competition. While in the 

 Stonewall country trout fishing, I discov- 

 ered the bird on its nest, and the next day 

 I took my camera to the place. The nest 

 was in a Cottonwood tree, which leaned 

 over the stream, so I had to remove a num- 

 ber of leaves and small twigs to get a clear 

 view. I did that without frightening the 

 bird from the nest. 



T found it necessary to use a telephoto 

 lens in order to get the image large enough, 

 which of course lengthened the exposure. 

 Then the bird being in a rather shady place, 

 and moving all the time, made it necessary 

 for me to take my chances on the exposure ; 



also to wait about J / 2 hour. When finally 1 

 reflected sunlight on to the bird it dazzled 

 him long enough to make the exposure. I 

 consider myself lucky to possess a negative 

 of a hummingbird. 



The negative was made with a Century 

 Grand camera, back combination lens. Ex- 

 posure about 2l/% seconds. 



Morey Jamison, Trinidad, Colo. 



This photo is reproduced on page 339. — Ed. 



The photo entitled "Still Life" was made 

 with an Eastman No. 4 cartridge kodak, 

 Bausch & Lomb rapid rectilinear lens, and 

 printed on special rough Velox paper. The 

 exposure was 30 seconds, 128 stop. 



W. T. Adderley, Spokane, Wash. 



This photo is reproduced on page 340. — Ed. 



The photograph of the young screech 

 owls was made with a Goerz lens fitted to 

 a Premo camera, and printed on Velox 

 paper. 



Walter W. Savery, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Reproduced on page 360. — Ed. 



The photograph entitled "Almost in 

 Reach" was made with a Wizard camera, 

 rapid rectilinear lens. 



R. H. Beebe, Arcade, N. Y. 



Reproduced on page 353. — Ed. 



SNAP SHOTS. 



Will you inform me through Recreation 

 whether or not pyro developer gives good 

 results after it has colored? The formula I 

 use is : 



Pyro 1 ounce 



Sodium sulphite 1 ounce 



Sulphuric acid 5 drops 



Water 16 ounces 



It becomes a wine color and from that to 

 a black. Will the light affect it? I keep it 

 in a large, clear bottle. 



O. Denny, Martinsburg, Ind. 



ANSWER. 



All developers are greedy for oxygen, 

 and care must be taken to keep them from 

 light, heat and air. Pyro developer if not 

 fresh will stain plates. If it will develop it 

 is all right. This must be tried. 



In making up pyro use oxalic acid in- 

 stead of sulphuric, 15 grains to each ounce 

 of pyro. Dissolve oxalic first, then add the 

 pyro and the solution will remain clear for 

 months. Use boiled water. The process 

 of boiling expels air from water, and the 

 oxalic acid, being greedy for oxygen, re- 

 moves the rest, leaving none to deoxydize 

 the pyro. — Editor. 



Kindly inform me through your valua- 

 ble magazine how to remedy the following 

 difficulties : 



Having made exposure with glass side 



