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TRAVELS ABOUT HOME 



primaries are spread out fan-like, to such an extent as to be 

 in contact only at their bases. Profiting by experience, this 

 bird subsequently left her tree before one could approach 

 near enough to plant a camera. 



The following morning was devoted to securing the pic- 

 ture of a Scarlet Tanager, whose home had been discovered 

 by a good type of the all-seeing farmer 's boy. Neither con- 

 ditions of location, site, nor light were favorable, and after 

 the camera had been fastened in the apple tree which the 

 birds had selected for a home, it was found necessary to 

 build a blind of bushes beneath a neighboring tree, whence 

 the photographer could not see his subject. From a distance, 

 therefore, with the aid of a glass, Mr. Burroughs kept watch 

 and gave word when the exposure was to be made. 



Male Scarlet Tanager About to Feed Young 



