W. E. Watt, President &c.,
Fisher Building,
277 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill.
My dear Sir:
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Vol. 1. No. 1.JANUARY, 1897.PRICE 15 CENTS: $1.50 A YEAR.
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CHICAGO
BIRDS
ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY
A MONTHLY SERIAL
DESIGNED TO PROMOTE
KNOWLEDGE OF BIRD-LIFE
“With cheerful hop from perch to spray,
They sport along the meads;
In social bliss together stray,
Where love or fancy leads.
Through spring’s gay scenes each happy pair
Their fluttering joys pursue;
Its various charms and produce share,
Forever kind and true.”
CHICAGO, U. S. A.
Nature Study Publishing Company, Publishers
1896
PREFACE.
T has become a universal custom to obtain and preserve the likenessesof one’s friends. Photographs are the most popular form of these likenesses,as they give the true exterior outlines and appearance, (exceptcoloring) of the subjects. But how much more popular and useful doesphotography become, when it can be used as a means of securing plates fromwhich to print photographs in a regular printi