1 78 Photography for the Sportsman Naturalist 



for the old bird, that its image may be entirely 

 upon the plate when the exposure is made. It 

 will not do to leave this space at one side only, 



for as surely as 

 we do this the 

 bird will con- 

 clude to alight 

 upon the oppo- 

 site side, no 

 matter if it 

 should be the 

 most inconven- 

 ient. A bird 

 seems to be 

 naturally obsti- 

 nate and will 

 invariably try 



to do just the things that we do not wash of it. 

 In order to surely secure these young birds as 

 they leave the nest we must have some knowledge 

 of their habits and must watch them carefully, for 

 the period of time that the young remain in the 

 nest varies greatly in different species. The 

 quails, sandpipers, etc., leave almost as soon as 

 they are hatched, and every egg in a grouse's nest 

 may hatch out and the young leave in the course 

 of two or three hours. Swallows always remain 

 in their nests until they are able to fly, and none 

 of the birds that breed high leave their nests until 



Young Blackbirds. 



