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AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



graph the nest and eggs. A small piece of paper was pinned to the 

 ground at just four feet from the nest. The next morning, with the 

 camera all in readiness I walked along the wall and when opposite the 

 nest, with the piece of paper as a guide made a snap shot of the female 

 on the nest. She looks quiet enough in the picture but at the click of 

 the shutter dashed out of the nest as though shot at with a gun instead 

 of a harmless camera. 



While this picture is a good ways from being an ideal one, it is the 

 best that could be got under the circumstances, and in live bird work 

 one has to consider himself fortunate if he can get a picture of the bird 

 regardless of the surroundings. 



BOB-WHITE ON NEST (female). 



Photo from life. 



