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a day to study the instrument, and then screwed it about 

 five feet above the nest, pointed down at it. When I came 

 again I rejoiced to find she had not deserted. So I replaced 

 the box with the real camera, focused and made ready, and 

 covered it with the same cloth. 



This done, I attached to the shutter my long, strong thread, 

 dropping the spool end to the ground and laying out the line 

 of communication to a bower which I had previously built 

 under some thick hemlocks, as far away as I could see the 

 nest through the trees, where I hid myself, lying flat on 

 the ground and peering through a loop-hole. For half an 

 hour all was silent. Then the hawk began her clatter near 

 by, flitting nervously from tree to tree. After a while she 



COOPER'S HAWK INCUBATING 

 "THE WILDEST HAWK CAN BE PHOTOGRAPHED UPON THE NEST : 



