CITIES OF THE BROWN PELICANS 
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southwest settlement, the area of nests extended almost to 
a tract of tall weeds. Here I found it convenient to plant the 
camera on the shortened tripod, allowing- the tall weeds to 
arch over it, where it commanded a view of a number of nests 
YOUNG PELICANS, ALMOST READY TO FLY 
at moderate distance. When I withdrew a few yards back, 
the birds at once returned, and I pulled the thread which I had 
attached to the shutter. Then, after two or three exposures, 
I placed the camera on its case close to a nest or two, covered 
it with the rubber cloth, and the whole with grass. The birds 
did not mind this, and returned at once, giving me all the 
chances I wished to make exposures from behind a clump 
of grass down by the shore. 
