Editorials 35
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A Bi-monthly Magazine Devoted to the Study and Protection ol Birds
OFFXCIAI. insulin on THE MlDl‘liuN soCeru-is'
Edited by FRANK Mt CHAPMAN Published by THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
Vol. V Publishea February l. 1903 No. 1
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coeyntcttreu. "rut av FHANK M. cuarmm
Bird-Lore's Motto: A Bird in the But/t is Worth Two in (It: Ham!
The articles on the Nuthatches in this number of Emu-Lone are especially inter— esting for the evidence given of the perma- nent res tlcncc of an individual hirtl at one locality throughout the year: and also of the return of a migratory bird to the same locality on sucres ire winters.
0y another page we print a protest from Mr. Ahhotr H. 'i‘hsyer against the publi— cation of photographs of mounted hirtls. Witll much of what Mr. 'rhsryer says we Still we feel tltat his condemnation of the use of mounted
are in thorough accord.
birds for illustrative pltrpnscs is [on sweep- ing. The attempt to pass all a photograph of a mounth ltiril for tltat til a living one is a moral and scienti I; lie. for which there is no excuse.
Nor should instant defend the publication of photographs of poorl - mounted birds; such, for example, as di - figure the pagzs ot nltmerulis motlern bird books.
It is possible, however. to mollnt a bird perfectly,—so perfectly that the hetter the
beholder knows the bird in nature the more
we for an
satisfaction will he receive from the art of the taxidermist; and its expres ioll will prove a stinlulus to his memories of the bird in life. If this is not so, if perfection
in taxidermy be impossihle, let us allantllm at once olir effort to bring nature within the walls of our museums: our slrilillgs st. to display animals that they will not only be interesting and truly educational to those who do not know them. but will give pleasule to those uho tin.
While we trust it is- needless for us to say how heartily we endorse Mr. 'l‘hayer‘s high estimate of the value of the camera in portraying hirtls, good photographs of birds in nature are not often available, when a photograph; of a well-mounted bird. prertnleti a: SIIIII. will, we think, prove the average
drawing.
more desirable than
()l'R statement in the last number of lenalsoRE, that only five ornithological journals in this country have their lith birthday, having apparently hecn
misunderstood, we think it well to name
lived to st:
the magazines- in question. premising the
list with the explanation that by orni-
tliological magmine we mean n utagarine tlcvoletl wholly to [he interests of hirtls I)l' \Vilh this reslrlt‘liml. then. the list stands. (I) "I‘he Auk,‘ which. as a “continuation of the Bulletin ill the Nuttall Ornithological Cluh," es in tS76 and continued for eight years nutter that title, is tolume, being tilt: nitlest, as it is the inter . country: (2] "I‘lle Orllilllologist and Oiilugist.’ es- tahlislietl in 1875 as issued under that title for five volumes,
hi til - study.
)ilSiletl
now in its [\“Ql’ll‘ seventh
most journal of ornithology in th
‘ The O'rilogist’ and
when the name was changed, as indicated. and held until the final issue of this pioneer r893: la] "I‘lle Oologist,' established in 1884. as "l‘he Young ()6lngist,‘ issued for volumes under that name. and now in its volume: l4.) "I‘he \Vilsun Hullain,’ estnl‘llisllctl in r395. and now in (5) ‘Thc Usprt‘y,‘ established in 1896 and now in its seventh volume, the last number received being dated July, I902. To this honor roll are now to be added ‘Thc Contlor,’ ‘ The journal of the Maine Ornithological Society.‘ and BlRD-LORE. all of which celebrate their fifth birthday with their first issues tor 1903.
- lmatcur journal. in October,
two nineteenth
its fifteenth volume;
