WILD NATURE'S WAYS, 



I had taken the precaution to have well within 

 the hole in the side of the sham rock, and I 

 made a time exposure upon her, which resulted 

 in the full-page illustration over leaf. 



So completely was this characteristically cun- 

 ning bird deceived, 

 and so silently did 



/ ^v I work in exposing 



/.:. \*t\ plates and changing 



/ - A dark slides, that she 



/ i> " ,i\ never suspected any- 



thing wrong, and in 

 her fancied security 

 kept closing her eyes 

 and taking brief 

 naps. 



After a while, 

 photographing the 

 curlew on her nest 

 became a thing of 

 such monotonous 

 ease that I wanted 

 an opportunity of 



securing more pictures of her in the act of coming 

 home, but was at my wits' end to know how to 

 dismiss her without undue fright or the giving 

 away of any information in regard to my presence. 

 At last, by a lucky inspiration, I hit upon the idea 

 of mewing like a cat. This made her all alertness 



CURLEW 



ABOUT TO SIT DOWN ON EGGS 



