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WITH XATUBE A^'D A CAMERA. 



In tlie case of a nest which can he photo- 

 graphed from a neiglibourini;- tree, my brother 

 ascends, and having selected a position from whicli 

 he can get a good view, dro])s one end of a rope 

 to me upon the ground, and I tie his apparatus to 

 it. He then liauls it up, and lasliing tlie tripod to 

 the handiest branches, he makes his picture. 



I^he illustration 

 on page -j^-") was ob- 

 tained in this way, 

 and the ascent nearly 

 resulted in a serious 

 accident, from the 

 snapping of a rotten 

 branch. 



Once or twice 

 we have met with 

 nests far out upon 

 a branch, and as 

 they coidd not be 

 photographed either 

 from the tree in 

 which they were 

 situated or any sur- 

 romiding ones, we 

 have, Avith the assist- 

 ance of several strong men, hoisted a tall ladder 

 into a per})endicular position near the nest, 

 and fixed it with guide ropes tied to adjoining- 

 trees. My brother has then mounted to the top, 

 or as far up as was necessary, and done his work. 

 The group of Cormorants on page 251 was 

 obtained in a rather curious niaimei-. My l)rotIi('r 

 and our friend, Mr. W. J. Usslier, an enthusiastic 

 Irish ornithologist, Avei-e staying for a few days 

 on the Saltee Islands alread}' mentioned, and as 



SWALLOWS ON TELEGRAPH WIRE. 



