A WINGED CHUM 185 



string is run. On the side opposite to the tapes, 

 holes are cut for observation and for photography. 

 The umbrella should be green, the denim dyed 

 leaf -green at the top, gradually fading into earth 

 color at the bottom. 



When putting it up, the umbrella is fastened or 

 spliced to the stick — it is handier if there is a 

 socket arrangement — and the stick is driven sol- 

 idly into the ground. The uppermost two tapes 

 of the denim are fastened and the draw-string 

 pulled until the mouth of the top of the bag is 

 smaller than the outer circumference of the um- 

 brella. The bag is then dropped over the um- 

 brella and the blind is made. In windy w^eather, 

 or in an exposed place, a few tent pegs will hold 

 the edges of the bag do\\Ti to the ground, and four 

 strings radiating from the tip of the umbrella and 

 fastened to bushes or stones will help to keep it 

 steady. 



Lacking an umbrella, however, Shan succeeded 

 admirably with his brushwood shelter and sacking 

 lining. He knew that, early next morning, the 

 birds would inspect it, and when they found that 

 it did not move and seemed harmless, they would 

 lose their fear of it. He had figured that, accord- 

 ing to the light, about three o'clock in the after- 



