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not either alter the sluilter or rise and stretch my legs. Lnckily, 

 I had gathered a supply of mulberries and had a pocketful of 

 biscuits, so I managed to put in the day with only the incon- 

 venience of a little stiffness. The last day (on which I stayed simply 

 as a last hoi)e of securing a picture) I made more of a shelter for 

 myself, both to guard against the sun and to hide me from all 

 sides, for inquisitive Rosellas (which came to feed on the dead 

 thistles round the bower) and Leatherheads and numbers of 

 Strepera used to peer at me from a distance of a few feet, and I 

 fancied that they somehow alarmed the Satin-Bird, for he used 



Yellow-bellied Shrike-Tit and Nest. 



to investigate on all sides before coming into the mulberry tree, 

 although the two females with him were far more trusting ; but 

 I never saw them take the shghtest interest in the bower. There 

 were many opportunities on the third day, but I only managed 

 to expose three plates, as, after each exposure, I had to let the 

 bird leave the bower, naturally, and it would be hours sometimes 

 before he again got in focus. My great regret was that I had no 

 cinematograph, as there were times when the bird was playing 

 round the bower, rearranging feathers, &c., for as long as five 

 minutes at a stretch." 



