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Pictures of Bird Life 



obtaining photooraphs, while they are perfectly unconscious 

 of any danger. Hiding the camera successfully is tlie chief 



difficulty. If 

 tliis can be 

 done at the 

 nest of any 

 bird, it is al- 

 most a cer- 

 tainty ; but if 

 its suspicions 

 are aroused by 

 any very un- 

 usual appear- 

 ance, it will 

 probably desert 

 its eggs, instead 

 of returning to 

 tliem as usual. 

 AVe liad 

 proof of this, 

 unfortunately ; 

 for a whole day 

 was gi\'en to 

 the nest of a 

 Marsh -liarrier. 



where the mistake was made of attempting to hide the 

 camera on its tripod by co^■cring it witli reeds, instead of 

 placing it on a heap of reeds and then covering it o\er. 



White Stork and Young {Cicoiiia alba'). 



