32 BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA 
when the light is soft and the foliage comparatively 
motionless, permitting the use of a small diaphragm 
and a long exposure. 
Young Birds.—The ease with which photographs 
of young birds may often be secured, the fact that 
with the camera their appearance and development 
may be more satisfactorily recorded than in any 
other way, makes their study by the photographer 
of exceeding importance. Photographs of young 
birds should of 
course be accom- 
panied by notes on 
food, calls, special 
actions, etc., which 
the camera can not 
well portray. 
The young bird 
is a worthy subject 
from the moment 
it leaves the shell 
until, as far as 
15. Young Great-erested Flycatcher. flight is concerned, 
it deserves to be 
ranked with its elders. When possible, series of 
pictures should be made showing the rate of growth 
of the same brood from the period of hatching to 
the date when the nest is deserted. Circumstances 
do not, however, often permit of the forming of 
these ideal series, and we must therefore photograph 
the young bird as we find him, either before or 
after he has made his initial flight, or as he is 
preparing for it.” 
The suggestions made under the head of Birds’ 
