Vol. XV 



IQK. 



] Camera Craft Notes. i8q 



Robin's Nest in Tobacco Tin. — About the middk" of October. 

 11)13. ""<-' ^>f '"y i^ister's scliolars reported that a ))air ol Idame- 

 brcasted l-iol)ins {Petroica plurnicea) had a nest in a tobacco tin, 

 which had ])een fixed to a wall lor use as a soap dish. The house 

 had been empty for a while. The tin chosen by the birds as a 

 nesting site was nailed under the verandah of the kitchen. The 

 situation was hardly a good one, on account of the strong draught 

 blowing througli. The lighting also made it very difficult to 

 obtain a good photograi^h. I exposed a plate, and, though the 

 camera was close to her, the brooding bird remained on the nest. 

 I afterwards flushed her to count the eggs ; there were three. 

 This was on the 2oth October. On the 7th November I went to 

 sec if the young birds were still in the nest, and found them fully 

 fledged. The day was windy, otherwise, I think, the fledgelings 

 would have been gone. After a great deal of trouble, I obtained 

 a i)hotograph of the young birds, but, owing to the wind, they 

 would not turn round. They were huddled together. I tried to 

 persuade them to face me, but one became so indignant that it 

 fluttered to the ground. I j^icked it up, and managed to secure 

 a picture of it sitting on top of the nest, and also of the 

 others in the nest. — (Miss) J. A. Fletcher. Springfield (Tas.), 

 27/10/15. 



Female Flame-breasted Robin on Nest in Tobacco Tin. 



HOTO. BY MISS' 



