200 WITH NATrUK AM) A CAMKItA. 



Bullliiiclu'.s sit vor\' closely, as may be ju(l<ie<l 

 from tlic vi<iTiette on tlic op]K)site pn^o, wliieli has 

 been made direct fVom tlie orijiiiial ]>lioto<ira})li. 

 Gray AYagtails are also faithful birds in this respect. 

 In the Ijefi-innino- of June, LSOO, \ found the nest 

 of one of these hirds in a little ^liyll in Westmor- 

 land, and an ilhistrjition of it ap])ear('d in my work 

 on ''British Birds' Xests." At the end of the 

 sjnne month of the ])resent year Ave revisited the 

 place, and found the old nest of 1895 still intact, 

 one wliich had been used in 1896 a yard or two 

 higher up the stream, and a new one, ii]jon which 

 the bird was then .sitting-, ji f('w feet hi^-her still. 

 The nest was too far back in a dai-k horizontal 

 fissure in the limestone rock to allow us to photo- 

 <i-raph the bird on it, so we })ut her off, and, drawing- 

 it a few inches out, went away. As she did not 

 ap])ear to resent our interference with her nest, we 

 ])ulled it a bit further out still the next day, and 

 on the tliird reflected suflicient light upon her l)y 

 the aid of a looking-glass to enable the acc(>m])any- 

 ing- picture to be made. This done, we })ut it Ijack 

 in its original position, and tin? AVagtail ultimately 

 hatched her eggs and reared five young ones. 



Eai-1\' in the morning of tlu; day on which the 

 Queen celel)rated her Diamond Jubilee we stai-ted 

 out to ])hotogra])h a Bed-backed Shrike sitting on 

 her nest. 8he w^as much shxcr lh;in we anticipated, 

 but after a })atient wail of foiii- inid :i halt' hoiii's we 

 succeeded in making the stud\- on p. "J*';; l)y hiding 

 the camera and j)hotogni])her, and signalling to the 

 latter bv a low whistle when llie bird was seen, 

 with a field-glass, to go to her nest. It is ol' 

 interest to us fi-oni the lad lliat tlie j)hotogi'a))li 

 was taken just as hei- .Majesty h'l't B)uckinghani 

 l*alace on liei- liistoiMc j)roeession. 



