. Guide leaflet. on in hiswinter coat may he introduced into a group with the mother and youngand a baby moose placed with an antlered bull in no other way can youcomplete the life cycle and tell the whole story. Dr. (ihapman found it physically impossible to bring away the water-soaked nests of the flamingoes; Mi. Cherrie found equal difficulty with the sodden nests of the guacharo birds, while to cany off the cave inwhich they were found would have defied even Hercules in his certainly, fabrication is a necessity; and if so much, why not more?If we cannot import a tree from the fo
. Guide leaflet. on in hiswinter coat may he introduced into a group with the mother and youngand a baby moose placed with an antlered bull in no other way can youcomplete the life cycle and tell the whole story. Dr. (ihapman found it physically impossible to bring away the water-soaked nests of the flamingoes; Mi. Cherrie found equal difficulty with the sodden nests of the guacharo birds, while to cany off the cave inwhich they were found would have defied even Hercules in his certainly, fabrication is a necessity; and if so much, why not more?If we cannot import a tree from the forests of Venezuela, let us adapt an ironwood from Vermont, whereon a colony of howling monkeys maydisport themselves. In this case it is the animals and not their sur-roundings that are to he emphasized, and the accessories arc a matter of secondary importance, merely a setting. The large group, the Bird Hock group, placed on exhibition inlNIN, was not definitely planned as a habitat group, but merely as a. < 5 u i < s - S J <! 7 S £•&< — O 03 P -o ~« - < P S M « - o a b M S3 - < I t a a - - 5 0 32 THE STORY OF Ml SI-CM <.ROUPS picture of part of a famous and impressive bird colony and to make apermanent record of this characteristic phase of island life. The (JobbsIsland group was the next and the first real habitat roup to he con-structed, this subject being chosen partly because it provided a largeand interesting group at small expense. Year after year this series of groups has been extended, covering thecountry from east to west and north to south, until room is left for butone more, and that, it is hoped, will include the bird life of the Arcticregions. The Bullfrog, Giant Salamander and Florida groups, particularly thelatter, belong in still another category and may be termed life study groups, bringing together in one composite picture a numberof animals that probably would n
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