Sketch-Book and Water-Colours AI 
a great cliff or the glorious scenery viewed from it, they are the 
only possible means of recording the structure of a nest or the 
conformation of the rocks adjacent to it. The ideal book on birds- 
nesting would be one in which the places and scenery were 
A CLIMB FOR A PHOTOGRAPH. 
reproduced from water-colour sketches, and the actual nests and 
eggs, rocks, trees and reed-beds were shown in photograph. 
It is no intention of mine to venture into a discussion as to 
what is the best camera for use in connection with birdsnesting. 
I shall merely describe the very simple appliances I have used 
for illustrating this book. I am no photographer, for the simple 
