. A flying trip to the tropics. A record of an ornithological visit to the United States of Colombia, South America and to the island of Curaçao, West Indies, in the year 1892 . hump, characteristic of the breeding- season, printed well; but itstail was badly cut up in the net. I believe this method would be useful to travelers who have notwith them the means of preserving specimens of strange fish thatthey may see. It might enable them to identify these fish upon. SCULP IN.(By Permission.) 176 A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. their return. The reel snapper figured on page 148 is from aphotograph
. A flying trip to the tropics. A record of an ornithological visit to the United States of Colombia, South America and to the island of Curaçao, West Indies, in the year 1892 . hump, characteristic of the breeding- season, printed well; but itstail was badly cut up in the net. I believe this method would be useful to travelers who have notwith them the means of preserving specimens of strange fish thatthey may see. It might enable them to identify these fish upon. SCULP IN.(By Permission.) 176 A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. their return. The reel snapper figured on page 148 is from aphotograph taken as described above. That this method is alsoapplicable to fish without scales, the figure of a sculpin will show,and that the comparative value of the illustration can be judged, Igive also a wood-cut of a sculpin, from a popular work on naturalhistory. Crustacea may be treated in the same manner as fish, and the results are equallyas satisfactory. The various crabsfound along ourcoast are good sub-jects upon whichto work. Some insects may be successfullyphotographed ; butlobsteb. here the question of color is so diffi-cult to deal with that one must be an expert before he can countupon the result. The black and yellow butterflies especially aredisappointing to handle. What I have said of birds applies witheven more force to animals, and to a less degree to reptiles. Thecolors of snakes and of terrapin are lost, and of the other reptiles,it is indeed
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