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VOL. IX. 



for more concentrated elTort than usual, as one has to 

 keep one's eyes ghied to the lens-hood for long periods 

 while a bird plays near, and yet Mill not come within 

 range. 



The best months to work m are April, May and Sep- 

 tember, but one of the charms of the system is that any 

 spare days throughout the yea,T can be spent photo- 

 graphing birds, mstead of confining one's energies to the 



Fi;,'. 2. PIED WAGTAIL (iOlNG TO llATHE. 

 {Photographed by Miss E. L. Turner.) 



short period of the breeduig season, when one has to 

 work with feverish haste. 



The Hooded Crow (Fig. I) , for instance,was photogi-aphed 

 at 0.30 a.m. on February 24th. T placed a tent by a 

 sheep wiiich had been dead twelve days before 1 succeeded 

 in securing the Hoodie. Unfortunately, that momuig 1 

 only had four plates till the post came in. but as tlu^ 

 policeman had worried mc about the shec]), I thought 1 

 would try once more and think myself lucky if the Hoodie 

 appeared at all. 1 might have ex])()sed a dozen ])lates, 

 for the bird came at 8 a.m. and fed at hitcrvals for ucariv 



