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BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA 



and with lowered head ran through the undergrowth 

 with surprising quickness. With those which were 

 younger, however, the mortality had evidently been 

 great, and, seeing the dozens of dead birds on the 

 ground beneath the nest trees from which they had 



41. Young Night Herons in nest. Same as No. 42. 



fallen, one questioned whether this habit of nesting 

 high in trees had not, for protective reasons, been 

 recently acquired by a species the young of which 

 would seem much more at home nearer the ground. 



It was with a delightful sense of companionship 

 with the birds that I observed them going and com- 

 ing, feeding their young, or resting after the night's 



