. Wild wings; adventures of a camera-hunter among the larger wild birds of North America on sea and land . YOUNG WHITE IBISES AND LOUISIANA HERONS (The three middle ones are Herons) This is the last pitiful remnant of hosts of innocent, exquisitecreatures slaughtered for a brutal, senseless, yes, criminal,millinery folly, decreed by Parisian butterflies, which manysupposedly free Americans slavishly follow. Florida has awak- 56 WILD WINGS ened to her loss, and imposes a very heavy fine for everyone of these birds killed. Sincerely do I wish that every onewho slaughters, or causes to be slaught
. Wild wings; adventures of a camera-hunter among the larger wild birds of North America on sea and land . YOUNG WHITE IBISES AND LOUISIANA HERONS (The three middle ones are Herons) This is the last pitiful remnant of hosts of innocent, exquisitecreatures slaughtered for a brutal, senseless, yes, criminal,millinery folly, decreed by Parisian butterflies, which manysupposedly free Americans slavishly follow. Florida has awak- 56 WILD WINGS ened to her loss, and imposes a very heavy fine for everyone of these birds killed. Sincerely do I wish that every onewho slaughters, or causes to be slaughtered, these animatedbits of winged poetry, may feel the full weight of the penaltyof the statute and of conscience. Such inaccessible tangles. YOUNG WHITE IHIS ON ITS NEST of southern Florida are the last places of refuge, the lastditch of the struggle for existence to which these splendidspecies have been driven. As long as I kept very quiet, the birds did not manifestmuch concern at my presence. Climbing a tree, to get abovethe undergrowth, I screwed my 4x5 camera to a limb andproceeded to take pictures of the surrounding birds, with IN THE CAPE SABLE WILDERNESS 57 telephoto and with long-focus single lens. This being done,I took the large reflex camera for snap-shots and proceededalong the bayou, hoping to find some way to cross. Everytime I tumbled into a mud-hole or snapped a twig there waswild confusion. The air was white with ibises. Crowds of
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