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covered which it was beUeved could be studied and phtjtographed from a 

 neighboring tree, distant some thirty feet. An umbrella blind of pale green 

 cloth was therefore placed in the tree at a height of forty-five feet, and liberally 

 draped with Spanish moss. It was arranged to fall over a limb which, for 



EGRET APPRO.\CHING ITS XES1 

 The train of closed plumes reaches several inches beyond the tail. Bill retouched by Bruce Horsfall 



several hours during each of the three succeeding days, served as the perch 

 from which my notes and photographs were made. I have had more comfort- 

 able seats, but few that were so enjoyable. From the concealment of the same 

 blind, it had been my fortune to watch Flamingoes, Pelicans and many other 



