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hole with my pocket-knife in one of the boards for 

 the admission of the lens of my brother's camera, 

 and a smaller one a few inches above it for 

 purposes of observation. 



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photograph, we had not long to wait before the 

 female turned up with her bill full of medium-sized 

 worms. She alighted on a branch about a yard 

 away from the nest, and after listening intently for 

 a few seconds with her head cocked on one side, 

 hopped up. She had no sooner arrived on the 

 edge of her nest than each downy little head 

 popped up with the suddenness of a jack in the 

 box, and each richly coloured mouth opened to its 



