The City of the Pelicans 413 
pubhe sentiment in Florida, owing to a 
realization of the great value of wild life 
in attracting tourists. Our own party is 
a case in point. To see this pelican colony, 
heron rookeries, and other bird resorts, 
three of us—one more having followed — 
had come from New England, distrib- 
uting several hundred dollars among’ rail- 
roads, boarding-house keepers, outfitters, 
traders, stablemen, and guides. And thou- 
sands of others do likewise. The people of 
“Well grown young * * * 
Florida, or other states, are short-sighted in- 
deed, if they allow vandals and plume-hunt- 
ers to massacre these interesting and valu- 
able wild creatures. 
A little account of our photographie work 
on Pelican Island may be of interest. I 
brought with me two long-focus cameras, five 
by seven and four by five, the former mostly 
for view work, the smaller one for birds 
and nests at close range, and for long, hard 
tramps. Since returning from Florida I have 
bought another four-by-five camera, and 
adapted it so that I can use the lens (an as- 
tigmat) of the five by seven interchangeably 
on both. This gives a somewhat larger image 
of a bird at a given distance than with the 
smaller lens. As it is seldom possible to se- 
cure a larger image of a wild bird or animal 
that can readily find room on a four by five 
plate, I prefer to use the small camera and 
large lens for most of my work, since the 
weight of a large camera, with a sufficient 
were different from their parents, being of a lighter gray.”’ 
number of holders and plates for a day’s 
work — especially in wading marshes and 
penetrating swamps in a hot sun—is almost 
prohibitive. 
To this equipment I have added a high 
power telephoto lens, which I find very use- 
ful, especially in bird colonies, or places where 
It gives 
sharp definition, even at full aperature, espe- 
cially on a small plate, and thus allows of 
quite short exposure 
large and shy birds congregate. 
half & second, or less— 
