VOL. IX.] ASIATIC GOLDEN PLOVER. 85 



apricarius. Measurements : 47.5 X 33, 47 X 33, 48 X 

 33, 49 X 32 mm. Needless to say, I had not intended to 

 Maste any of the precious hours of a season that in those 

 liigh latitudes is all too short in trying to photograph 

 such an unsatisfactory subject as this Plover. However, 

 on July ISth, after a couple of hours watching, I marked 

 down a nest with chipping eggs. Once their secret was 

 discovered, the old birds became remarkably tame, and I 



YOUNG ASIATIC GOLDEN PLOVEK. 

 {Photographed by Maud D. Haviland.) 



was able to photograph them without much difficulty as 

 they ran round me. At the time I was staying in a native 

 dioom, and had no tent or hiding contrivance with me. 

 However, even if I had had such a thing, it is doubtful 

 whether it would have been of much use, for it was the 

 first day of the warm weather, and, likewise of the 

 mosquito season. I may remark in passing that it is 

 not possible to focus a reflex camera from behind a veil, 

 nor to release the shutter accurately when wearing 

 gloves. The trials — and incidentallv the heroism — of 



