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beginning of his illness, more than four 

 years ago, he has been confined almost con- 

 stantly to his home in Plainfield, New 

 Jersey. It was therefore a great delight to 

 all to see that he had so far recovered as 

 to be able to meet with us on this occasion. 

 Mr. Dutcher attended both sessions, and 

 also a subsequent meeting of the Board of 



Directors, .\lthough as yet he is unable to 

 speak, it was perfectly apparent to those 

 present that he thoroughly understood all 

 that was going on. The brightness of his 

 face, and the animation of his frequent 

 gestures, indicated clearly his great happi- 

 ness at being once more among his Audu- 

 bon Society friends. 



PHOTOGRAPHING BIRDS' NESTS 



By OSCAR E. BAYNARD 



Illustrated from photographs by the writer 



One of the phases of bird-study which 

 the Audubon Society encourages, and which 

 has long appealed to me, is that of photo- 

 graphing the nests of wild birds. When this 

 is done with care there need be no evil 



Wilson's Plover 



The Wilson's Plover, or Stuttering-Bird, 

 as it is sometimes called locally, is the 

 most common of our summer beach-birds 



A NEST OF WILSON'S PLOVER 



results to the birds, and the pictures 

 obtained are often very interesting. 



With this article I present photographs 

 which I have secured of some of the more 

 unusual species of florida birds, that I 

 have had the good fortune to find. 



in southern Florida. A few remain here 

 all winter, but become most numerous on 

 the beaches in the latter part of March. 

 I have found fresh eggs as early as April 

 2, and as late as July 10. These plovers 

 build no nests — just hollow out a place 



