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Bird -Lore 



exact position the camera had occupied and left over nit^ht. On the next dav the 

 real camera was substituted for the "dummy." After recognizing it as harm- 

 less, the Robin made but a very short wait before her reap]jearance. 



Only one who has attempted to take photographs in a thick bushy evergreen 

 tree can understand the difficulties with this albino. The sunlight shining through 

 incessantly moving needles left streaks of light and shade upon the nest. The 



branch above it was moved so as to give the sunlight a chance to get in, and 

 thus good light was secured from eleven in ihc morning uiuil lialf past two in the 

 afternoon. The sun was excessively bright, for several negatives made on this, 

 the first day of May, were too contrasty. The next day, however, the sky was 

 covered with light Heecy clouds and beautiful negatives were oltained. 



The illustration shows the Robin in a characteristic Rolnn attitude, sitting 

 deeply down in the nest, carcfull}- keej^ng the eggs warm, wiili her head and tail 

 pointed uj)ward at an angle. 



For some unknown reason the nest and eggs were descried after a few days, 

 and soon the mother bird was again seen cramming her Ijill with nesting material 

 selected from the dry grasses on the lawn. She flew with these to a crotch of a 

 maple tree which stood thirty feet awav from the other nesting-site. Four eggs, 

 ])ale blue as before, were laid in the completed nest. Except for an occasional 

 visit the birds were not disturbed and in due time succeeded in hatching three of 

 the four eggs. The a])pearance of the young brought out llie home love of the 



