CHAPTER VII. 



PHOTOGRAPHING BY CONCEALMENT AND ARTIFICIAL 

 ATTRACTION. 



IN THIS short chapter I wish to call attention to 

 a method, the value and possibilities of which are 

 only just beginning to be appreciated by bird- 

 photographers. In brief, it consists in attracting 

 birds by any means devisable to a given place of 

 our own choosing, on to which the camera has 

 already been brought to bear. In one or other of 

 its various forms it is applicable to a very large 

 variety of species, ranging from the great raptorial 

 birds down to the dainty little Titmice. The 

 attraction which we offer may be temporary, in 

 fact only momentary, or it may be more permanent, 

 lasting a few weeks, as in the case of the occupa- 

 tion of a nesting-box. 



Food as a Lure 



The resource which first presents itself when we 

 contemplate enticing a wild creature, is that of 

 attracting it by means of food, and there is no lure 

 so generally useful to our purpose as is this. Few 

 birds are strict dietists, and so it often happens 

 that food placed for the entertainment of 



