1 74 Photography for the Sportsman Naturalist 



tection than that which the camera itself affords. 

 The outside of this cloth can, as I have said, be 

 made to conform more closely with its surround- 

 ings by pinning or tying to it twigs, leaves, and 

 small branches. Care should be taken that noth- 

 ing interferes with the free working of the shut- 

 ter. After these arrangements are completed 



Young Shrikes at Nest. 

 Photographed at a height of twenty feet. 



nothing; remains to be done but to retire to the 

 end of the tubing and wait in the shade, yourself 

 concealed as much as possible, until the old birds 

 see fit to return to their nest and young. This 

 may be in a very short time, or it may not be for 

 several hours ; but there are few birds whose 

 parental love will not overcome their natural fear 

 and take them to their young before those j^oung 

 have had the chance to die from neglect, which 



