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lURD STLTDIES WITH A CAMERA 



and with lowered head ran through the undergrowth 

 with surprising quickness. With tliose which were 

 younger, however, the mortalitj' had evidently been 

 great, and, seeing the dcjzens of dead birds on the 

 groiind beneath the nest trees from wliich they had 





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41. Vouii;^- Xiglit HuroiLS in nest. Siunu as No. 42. 



fallen, one cj^uestioned whether this habit of nesting 

 high in trees had not, for protective reasons, been 

 recently acqiiired by a species the young of which 

 would seem much more at home nearer tlie ground. 



It was with a deliLrhtful sense of companionship 

 with the birds that I observed tliem going and com- 

 ing, feeding their young, or resting after the night's 



