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companion is two hundred yards away, she regards the blind 

 intently, peering, with a sinuous motion of the neck as 

 though her gaze would penetrate the cloth itself. Some birds 

 are satisfied more easily than others, and after half an hour 

 accept the blind without further question. Others keep it 

 under close surveillance for two hours and, during this time, 

 the slightest sound or movement of the cloth is greeted with 

 the complaining alarm whistle, which, if the cause of alarm 

 be continued, arises to a shrill crescendo. 



Fish Hawks About Two Weeks Old 



In studying the life of one nest figured, the blind was 

 entered at eleven o 'clock, when the male was seen flying 

 about with a bit of fish which he was evidently about to 

 bring to the nest. The female returned to the nest within 

 ten minutes after my companion left me, but it was not until 

 12.50, that she ceased to regard the blind with uneasiness. 

 During this time, the male flew about rapidly, with the bit of 



