WHAT I HAVE t^NE WITH BIRDS 



"We played the mean trick on a Hen of having her brood on the egg of her 



worst enemy" 



Pheasant's drumming log, hide a camera and take him drumming, 

 fighting another cock, or mating. It is possible to locate a 

 Heron's fishing grounds and take him frogging at any time in 

 the season. These are the things which seldom happen, and 

 which are rare luck, hut they are perfectly possible to one who 

 has mastered the art of setting and hiding a camera and making 

 the most of a poor plate. 



I have done some of these things ; but for the most part these 

 are simple little stories of what occurs every day in field work. 

 What I Have Done with Birds will tell how they were ap- 

 proached, to what extent their confidence was gained, and how 



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