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kind called amiable, but my admiration of the 

 Moor-hen, as a bird of caution and sagacity, was 

 greatly increased. 



On one other occasion, after waiting eight hours, 

 and seeing that the Moor-hen was comfortably 

 settled on her nest, and waiting some time longer 

 to allow of her getting quite composed, I attempted 



MOOR-KEN ABOUT TO DIVE. 



to expose a plate. Just as I squeezed the pneu- 

 matic ball, and while the shutter was open, she 

 quickly rose, and the picture was useless. 



The photograph of the Moor-hen swimming 

 was secured after eight or ten vain attempts being 

 made, and with this exception all other endeavours 



