WHAT I HAVE DONE WITH BIRDS 



before, and as the tiny legs flashed up it, I loomed so large on the 

 other side that for just one smallest fraction of a second he hesi- 

 tated. Then he went free, for in that instant I had secured his 

 likeness. 



This spring a little friend found a nest from which all the 

 brood had gone save one, and it was so recently from the shell its 

 down was scarcely dry ; so I obtained a likeness of it before it was 

 strong enough to stand. 



BABY KILLDEER JUST FROM SHELL 



Notice how the three distinct colors on him fit into the surrounding landscape 



