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THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



THE YELLOW-HEADED BLACK- 

 BIRD, A "DOMINANT BIRD OF 

 THE REEDS" HERE APPEARS 

 VERY MUCH AT HOME. THERE 

 IS IN SIGHT A PLETHORA OF 

 MATERIAL FOR ITS COARSE 

 BULKY NEST WHICH IT LASHES 

 TO THE REEDS THREE OR 

 FOUR FEET ABOVE THE 

 WATER. 



Photo by F. N. Whitman 



THE YOUNG FLICKER, NEED- 

 ING A GOOD DEAL OF ROOM 

 IN WHICH TO MANEUVER, 

 ALIGHTS UPON THE GROUND. 

 HIS OPEN MOUTH SIGNIFIES 

 NERVOUSNESS RATHER THAN 

 A DISPOSITION TO CONVERSE. 



Photo by John Sutter 



THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S AS- 

 SISTANT. HE ALSO SERVES 

 WHO ONLY STANDS AND 

 HOLDS THE BRANCHES 

 BACK SO THAT THERE WILL 

 BE AN UNOBSTRUCTED 

 VIEW FOR THE CAMERA. 

 WADING OUT INTO DEEP 

 WATER IS A SIMPLE DE- 

 TAIL. 



Photo by L E. Hildebrand 



