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No. 71—Nests of Cliff Swallows 
Photo by Earl R. Forrest. 
date, armed with a camera, a small 
crowbar, a heavy chisel, and a hatchet 
We went to the old house. Unfor- 
tunately a farmer was cutting grain in 
the field and, as we did not know but 
that he might raise objections to the 
plans which we had for destroying his 
property, we had to work with caution. 
By measurements we located a point 
in the chimney, on the second floor of 
the house, and on the side opposite to 
the nest, which we thought would be 
a good location for the camera. We 
immediately set to work to dig a hole 
in the chimney. We were as quiet as 
possible about it, so as not to arouse 
the suspicions of the farmer before 
menticned, and we suspended opera- 
tions whenever he came in the vicini- 
ty of the cabin. The chimney was 
very thick and the stones were large, 
and so it took us the best part of an 
hour to dig an opening large enough 
for the front of the camera. 
Our calculations proved to be cor- 
rect, and the hole commanded an ex- 
cellent view of the nest, which con- 
tained three eggs. Two exposures 
Were made, both of which, on develop- 
ing, turned out good. 
The nest was situated sixteen feet 
from the bottom of the chimney and 
about six feet from the top. It was 
composed ef twigs, glued together 
with the saliva of the bird. ; 
American Crow. (Corvus americanus). 
On April 24th, 1905, a friend inform- 
ed me that he had found a crow’s 
nest, containing five eggs, which he 
thought would be easy to photograph. 
It was located about one-half mile 
from town (Washington, Pennsyl- 
