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WILD NATURE'S WAYS. 



AUTHOR HIDDEN UNDER 

 WOODEN MASK. 



four feet away. I cut two circular holes in the 

 boards — one for the lens and the other for the eye 

 of the photographer, and the birds never appeared 

 to suspect anything wrong whilst the silent time 

 shutter of the camera was being used upon them. 

 The female on the preceding page was figured 

 whilst admiringly watching her chicks settle down 

 into the cavity of the nest after having been fed. 



For bird-watching purposes I had a reversible 

 jacket and cap specially made a j^ar or two ago, 

 and have found them of considerable service on 

 a good many occasions when other methods of 

 hiding have not been practicable. They are dead 



