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could not overcome his desire to aviate and had to be chased 

 about every five minutes. 



They came and went in turn, so regularly that we con- 

 cluded that if we could detain one of the adults for a few 

 minutes we would have them both arriving at the same time. 

 The scheme worked to perfection. We prevented the fe- 

 male from feeding the young until the male was seen com- 



Fig. 144. A LONG REACH. 



Notice that the adult is reaching over two little birds and the 

 space where another one shovld be. 



ing in the distance, and as a result, secured the picture en- 

 titled "The Chippy Family". Mother, on the right of the 

 picture, has just fed the two birdies nearest to her and is 

 turning to leave just as father arrives with a beautiful 

 green worm for the remaining little ones. I regard this as 

 the best bird photograph that I ever secured; every one of 

 the six birds is absolutely sharp, even to the finest feathers. 

 Only those who have made bird pictures can realize how 

 slight a movement will show on the plate. 



The next appearance of the two birds at the same time 

 is shown in "Preparing Breakfast". This shows one of 



