AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



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took only a 

 short time to 

 draw up the 

 camera and 

 tie each tripod 

 leg to a branch 

 thereby mak- 

 ing the whole 

 out fi t really 

 more secure 

 than if stand- 

 ing on terra 

 firma. By the 

 time 1 had 

 e ve r y th ing 



INSPECTING THE CAMERA. arranged to 



my liking the sky had become overcast with clouds, and my hopes of get- 

 ting a good negative were dimmed. I withdrew to about forty feet and 

 with bulb in one hand and field glasses in the other, 1 waited for further 

 developments. The female was very much excited, and continually flit- 

 ted from tree to tree scolding loudly. The male on the other hand seemed 

 to take a philosophic view of matters, and regarded the camera curiously 

 from the next tree. By the way the camera was covered with a gray 

 cloth and was only two feet from the nest. Soon he ventured to come 

 to the outer branches of the tree containing the nest, and a little later 

 hopped up on the side of it. The instant he touched the nesting branch, 

 up went three 

 heads with 

 mouths wide 

 open, each eager 

 to be served 

 first. Alas they 

 were all doomed 

 to disap poi n t- 

 ment this time 

 for Mr. Robin 

 had merely come 

 to see what 

 damage had been 

 done by the 

 queer looking 

 box, that was 

 perched so near 



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