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Camera Craft Notes. 



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increased the exposure until it had reached about lo seconds. 

 On developing, we were surprised to find that in no case was 

 there any indication of the bird having moved. 



For a long time we were unable to obtain photographs of the 

 Welcome Swallow {Hirundo neoxena). on account of the darkness 

 of the position usually chosen for the nest. For this reason 

 numbers of nests under verandahs, bridges, &c., had to be 

 reluctantly passed by. At last a nest was found built in the 

 target pit of the rifle range at Meredith. Victoria, which gave 



Welcome Swallow. 



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better hope of success. As usual, the position was dark, but 

 fortunately the sunlight was easily admitted by drawing aside 

 the lid of the pit. After a couple of hours' wait the birds became 

 accustomed to the presence of the camera and to the absence of 

 their roof, and the picture reproduced was obtained. — R. T. 

 LiTTLEjOHNS and S. A. Lawrence. Melbourne. 7/3/16. 



Birds in Drought Time. — The long-continued drought of 

 1014-15 has caused many of our birds to wander far from their 

 usual haunts in search of food and water, and creeks and water- 



