8 Bird - Lore 
exact position the camera had occupied and left over night. On the next day the 
real camera was substituted for the “dummy.” After recognizing it as harm- 
less, the Robin made but a very short wait before her reappearance. 
Only one who has attempted to take photographs in a thick bushy evergreen 
tree can understand the difficulties with this albino. The sunlight shining through 
incessantly moving needles left streaks of light and shade upon the nest. The 
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ALBINISTIC ROBIN ON NEST 
branch above it was moved so as to give the sunlight a chance to get in, and 
thus good light was secured from eleven in the morning until half past two in the 
afternoon. The sun was excessively bright, for several negatives made on this, 
the first day of May, were too contrasty. The next day, however, the sky was 
covered with light fleecy clouds and beautiful negatives were obtained. 
The illustration shows the Robin in a characteristic Robin attitude, sitting 
deeply down in the nest, carefully keeping the eggs'warm, with her head and tail 
pointed upward at an angle. 
For some unknown reason the nest and eggs were deserted after a few days, 
and soon the mother bird was again seen cramming her bill with nesting material 
selected from the dry grasses on the lawn. She flew with these to a crotch of a 
maple tree which stood thirty feet away from the other nesting-site. Four eggs, 
pale blue as before, were laid in the completed nest. Except for an occasional 
visit the birds were not disturbed and in due time succeeded in hatching three of 
the four eggs. The appearance of the young brought out the home love of the 
