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WILD NATURE'S WAYS. 



FEMALE GOLDEN PLOVER 

 AND CHICKS. 



sat unconcernedly still until I made an exposure 

 upon him by the aid of my focal plane shutter, 

 when he jinuped un and commenced to run 

 hurriedly away, full of misgivings. 



As the light was growing poor, owing to a 

 temporary gathering of clouds, I deemed it 

 advisable to substitute my silent time shutter, 

 in case the brooding bird favoured me by the 

 giving of a second opportunity to figure him. 



In about an hour he returned with suspicion 

 and fear plainly written in every look and action, 

 and sat down on the 3'ounger and weaker of the 

 two chicks. Before he had time to coax its 

 companion crouching beside him beneath his 

 sheltering wing, I made an exposure upon the 

 pair, and promptl} began to reverse the position 

 of my dark slide with all the deftness I could 

 command, intending to indulge in another shot ; 



