. The sport of bird-study; a book for young or active people . well enough to warrant the outlay, a reflectingcamera for photographing birds on the wing. Theseare costly and require a rapid and expensive 4x5 size, long-focus, is best for the purposes of mostpeople, though a 5x7, if not of too heavy a make, haslonger bellows, and admits of a larger lens. This sport of bird study can be fitted to any personand any need. Pursued to the full it means adventureon land and water, hardihood, climbing trees or cliffs,danger, travel and exploration to the remotest parts ofthe earth, if one wish.
. The sport of bird-study; a book for young or active people . well enough to warrant the outlay, a reflectingcamera for photographing birds on the wing. Theseare costly and require a rapid and expensive 4x5 size, long-focus, is best for the purposes of mostpeople, though a 5x7, if not of too heavy a make, haslonger bellows, and admits of a larger lens. This sport of bird study can be fitted to any personand any need. Pursued to the full it means adventureon land and water, hardihood, climbing trees or cliffs,danger, travel and exploration to the remotest parts ofthe earth, if one wish. But it can be limited to ac-cessible local birds, the smaller birds of garden or field,in which even an invalid can take a world of multitude of girls and women in these days are de-voted to it. Though they do not usually venture, forinstance, upon climbing lofty trees to inspect hawksnests, like their brothers, many of them have done finework and made valuable contributions to science. Thegirls in the high school, not far from the one which Ned 8. THE APPEAL OF THE SPORT attends, carry on a keen rivalry with the boys in thisbird study sport, and not infrequently bear off thelaurels, as in getting the first record of the season ofsome species, or some new one for the list, or in theprize photographic competitions in the magazines forthe best pictures of wild birds or animals from life. Sothere is room in the sport for all, and whole families,parents and children, may all be bird-study sportsmen! In writing this book I have in my heart a verywarm place for the boys and young men who live inthe country. Some think that life in the country isdull, and long to get upon city pavements. But if Ican get them to catch my spirit, they will change theirminds, and country life will take on new interest andjoy. Though I was born and brought up in the city,the country was where I wanted to be. On everySaturday holiday, and on many an afternoon afterschool, I might have been seen
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