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in front. From the front one could see nothing but the 

 lens peepmg out from the maram grass. The advantage 

 of this type of tent is that the camera can be moved 

 right in so that the light is not reflected off the lens. 



Tlie bird proved to be very tame and took but scant 

 notice of the little dune that had suddenly sprung up 

 beside it. I did some water-colour sketches of her, 

 passing the time whisthng and singing and talking 



Fig. 11. COMMON' TERX ATTACKIXG HAND. 

 (Photographed by E. P. Farrow.) 



to her. I feel sure she appreciated my efforts at 

 entertainment. 



Last year I thought it would be interesting to see if 

 I could fill a quarter plate \A'ith the image of the Tern, 

 using my full lens. I picked my bird and erected the 

 tent at about ten feet away. Then 1 moved it up till 

 it was eighteen inches distant, dug out the inside and 

 inserted the camera. I then walked away to a neigh- 

 bouring dune to time the return of the bird. The dune 

 probably took me 45 seconds to reach. When I turned 

 round there was the bird already on. As the light was 

 good I went in at once and started work. My only 



