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Fig. 206. She kept a sharp watch of the great glass eyes that 

 stared so steadily at her, only three feet away. 



at her nest^ gently touched one of the eggs with her bill and 

 then, suddenly catching sight of the great camera-eye star- 

 ing at her, quickly jumped back. Approaching even more 

 cautiously, she ran right across the eggs and whirled about 

 quickly to see if anything happened. The next time she 

 fondled all the eggs and at last was contentedly settled up-' 

 on them. 



The click of the shutter the first few exposures, startled 

 her a trifle but she very quickly got accustomed to it and 

 paid no attention to the tent or anything that went on within 



