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Wild Birds 



While the best tools are always to be desired, excellent 

 pictures can be made with a cheap outfit, provided the lens is 

 rapid enough. 



Nearly all of my own work has been done in the 



Fig. 42. Observation tent on raised platform, and photographic screen for 

 studying a Red-eyed Vireo's nest in its natural position. See Figs. 60 and 66. 



tent with the birds at hand, but in taking quick shots of birds 

 or quadrupeds when there is no lure to chain them to a given 

 spot a hand-box camera is needed. The lens should be of long 

 focus, and the adjustments such as to enable the operator to 



