Birds

Frank Bond of Wyoming, chief clerk of the General Land Office in Washington, invented a means of reproducing the sheen on the wings of birds. Said he: .

" My invention relates to a process reproducing in pictures the natural luster or sheen of the feathers of birds or other objects, so that such pictures not only will be faithful reproductions of the natural colorings of the birds but also of the luster of the plumage."

Mr. Bond's private exhibitions of brilliantly feathered bird pictures have attracted the attention of many artists. The difficult tracts, such as the throat and crown, especially of the humming bird, were brought out in their true resplendence.

This reproduction of the metallic tints in the feathers, of birds is also regarded as a distinct but minor advance ornithology, The process is based upon the utilization of light reflected through properly colored transparent media, upon which characteristic feathering is traced. .