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time at their disposal an electric release is a necessity 

 if they wish to procure pictures of birds. On many 

 occasions I have left my camera out all day, and 



when visited in 

 the evening have 

 seldom found that 

 the plate has not 

 been exposed. 

 There are many 

 ways of connecting 

 the wires with the 

 nest or food which 

 has been placed to 

 attract the birds, so 

 that the feathered 

 visitors uncon- 

 sciously take their 

 own photograph. 

 Perhaps the best 

 way is not to have 

 the wires near the 

 birds, but to place 

 a piece of very fine 



silk across the nest, if it is wished to photograph 

 a sitting bird. This must be stretched across the 

 nest and fastened tc a firm support beyond. The 

 other end is tied on to a small switch, which works 

 so easily that a slight touch will connect the wires. 



MOOR-HEN SITTING 



