Camera Studies of Wild Birds in Their Homes

Two hundred photographs of living wild birds, made when bird photography was new and hard — Chester Reed in the blind, the marsh and the treetop, telling how each picture was got.

Air Scouts

2 pages in this part of Camera Studies with Wild Birds.

Air Scouts (Chimney Swift illustrations)

Chimney Swift (3 illustrations) Nighthawk (4 illustrations) Whip-poor-will (3 illustrations) Tree Swallow (1 illustration) 9 9 21 31 31 36…

Air Scouts (Certain long-winged birds)

Certain long-winged birds spend a large proportion of their existence a-wing, dashing across the fields, swooping across ponds, skimming…

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