. Bird-lore . CATBIRD ON NEST and the whole unsightly top enveloped in a green hood with onlya small aperture for the lens. This ruse succeeded fairly well, andduring the three or four hours that the light was good on this day,and during a like period on a subsequent day, a number of exposureswere made that resulted in an interesting series of negatives, givinggood prints and still better lantern slides. Only one of several time-exposures turned out perfect. It is herepresented, not only as the prize picture of some three hundred nega-tives made during the summer of 1898, but as the sole and o
. Bird-lore . CATBIRD ON NEST and the whole unsightly top enveloped in a green hood with onlya small aperture for the lens. This ruse succeeded fairly well, andduring the three or four hours that the light was good on this day,and during a like period on a subsequent day, a number of exposureswere made that resulted in an interesting series of negatives, givinggood prints and still better lantern slides. Only one of several time-exposures turned out perfect. It is herepresented, not only as the prize picture of some three hundred nega-tives made during the summer of 1898, but as the sole and onlyentirely satisfactory outcome of some twelve or fourteen hours work. On the Ethics of Caging Birds. BY OLIVE THORNE MILLER EFORE saying a few words on this subject, I should Hke to define my position. With all my heart do I disapprove of caging wild birds. I never had, and never shall have, the liberty of one bird interfered with for my pleasure or study, and if I had the power to prevent it, not one should ever be caged. Especially do I regard it as cruel in the extreme to confine an adult bird, accustomed to freedom and able to ¥ take care of himself. The question of rights we will not enter upon here, furtherthan to say that our moral right to capture wild creatures for ourown use or pleasure is the same in the case of birds as of otheranimals — horses, for example. But birds arc caged, and we must deal with circumstances as wefind them. If a bird-lover should worry and fret himself to death,he could not put an end to their captivity. So it would appear tobe the part of wisdom to see if there are not mitigating circum-stances, which may comfort, and perhaps, in a slight degree
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