THE LAKE OF PITCH. 



6 7 



one in a lifetime for a photograph of a Parrot at 

 home. 



The entrance is rectangular, about three by six inches, and 

 some five feet above the ground. Painfully I pick my way 

 to the side of the stub, and bracing myself, focus on that spot 



FIG. 37. EGGS AND YOUNG OF AMAZON PARROT IN THE NEST. 



of black on the trunk. Then Milady rustles the weeds in the 

 rear of the stub. Again a rustling, and on the ground-glass of 

 my Graflex flashes the green head. Snap! I have her! and 

 with the slowest of motions I change plates. While she is 

 engrossed with the disturber in the rear I advance a step and 

 get another picture. Then screwing up my speed -button, I 

 push slowly forward, and just as she is about to hurl herself 



