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illustration was pho- 

 tographed during 

 a bright afternoon 

 under the most 

 adverse conditions. 

 We noticed that 

 after hawking back- 

 wards and forwards 

 across a cattle pond, 

 wherein it had no 

 doubt been bred, 

 it alighted on a 

 particular tall grass 

 stem. My brother 



remain perfectly still 

 for any length of time. 

 The large ones, whose 

 bodies measure about 

 three inches in length, 

 and whose wings expand 

 until they are nearly four 

 inches from tip to tip, 

 are exceedingly difficult 

 to come near, excepting 

 in the morning and 

 evening, when their 

 alertness and activity 

 are at their lowest ebb. 

 The one figured in our 



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