PHOTOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS AXD BIRDS. 



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which one can expect to see by daylight, as opposed 



to twilight or moonlight, can be counted on one hand. 



The photographer-naturalist may well pause when he 



finds that the first difficulty in photographing wild 



mammalia at home 

 is the want of actinic 

 light. He is driven 

 to one of two alter- 

 natives : he must 

 either capture his 

 game or must wait 

 upon fortune the 

 fortune, that is, of 

 finding a mole above 

 ground during the 

 day, or of watching 



a weasel saunter across his path, or of getting within 



easy range of a squirrel un- 



observed, when he has his camera 



with him. 



The three experiences men- 



tioned above have occurred more 



than once to the writer, but he 



has never been fortunate enough 



to take advantage of them. 



The bitterest experience in his 



knowledge was that of a camera- 



less friend suddenly confronted 



with a family of otters disporting themselves in full 



sunshine on the opposite bank of a narrow stream. 



Red Vole. 



Pipistrelle. 



