THE GREAT CUTHBERT ROOKERY 69 



YOUNG ANHINGAS. "THE COVETED OPPORTUNITY" 



long to the water beneath, and disappeared. I could see 

 it swimming off below the surface. Another climbed out of 

 the nest among the branches. But the other two stayed 

 and let me drive my screw-bolt into a limb, and set up 

 the camera. One bird kept perfectly still, but the other 

 expended its energv in darting its neck back and forth at 

 me in serpent fashion, and without cessation, an annoying 



