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THE company of bird watchers grows larger with succeeding years, its ranks including a diversity of enthusiasts, from the scientific ornithologist to the schoolboy and schoolgirl recruit. It is to help these latter that the Daily Mail has issued a number of booklets on Nature subjects and so oh, the latest of its School Aid,series being "Bird Watching" by Mr. Stuart Smith (2s,). This consists of some thirty-four pages of excellent advice on how to study birds, with a number of admirable photographs by Mr. Eric Hosking, supplemented by equally admirable drawings by Mr. Edward Bradbury and eight colour pictures, the latter being reproductions of plates from Gould‘s "Birds of Great Britain". It is wonderful how fresh in spirit and treatment the Gould bird portraits remain, while for accuracy of feather detail they are hard to beat. With regard to the letterpress, Mr. Stuart Smith‘s advice on bird-watching will be very helpful to young people, especially his hints on identifying birds in the field ; in short, his book is not only a good addition to the School Aid series, but is to be recommended for any boy or girl who shows an inclination for bird study.
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The Bird Watcher. Nature 161, 554–555 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161554d0
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