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Camera Craft Notes. 



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from our hands. It was easy to obtain photographs. A bird was 

 enticed with pieces of raw meat to a stump near the back door, 

 and the presence of the camera, at a distance of two feet, was not 

 noticed so long as the meat supply lasted. 



In November, 1914, we spent the whole of one day photographing 

 a pair of Buff-tailed Tit-Warblers [Acanthiza reguloides). For three 

 hours or more the birds could not be induced to face the camera, 

 and the chance of obtaining a photograph seemed remote. 



FROM A PHOTO. 



Buff-taile.l Tit- Warbler. 



iY S. A. LAWRENCE. 



However, we persevered, and soon had the satisfaction of being 

 able to expose a few plates. Once having braved the lens and 

 met with no harm, both birds became much more trusting, and, 

 before we left had become so tame as to feed their young on our 

 hands. We obtained pictures of them in this position. We have 

 also taken similar photographs of a female Mistletoe-Bird 

 {DiccBum hirundinaceum), but in that case more patience was 

 required. — R. T. Littlejohns and S. A. Lawrence. Melbourne, 

 20/8/15. 



