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dow, the camera being set up just inside, and in- 

 cidentally it may be worth mentioning that dur- 

 ing the bitter cold days it was most gratifying to 

 be able to sit in a warm room while securing pic- 

 tures. At first the window was kept open ; but it 

 was found that the double click of the shutter 

 used frightened the birds sufficiently, so that most 

 of the pictures were blurred. Accordingly the win- 

 dow was closed and pictures were secured with less 

 difficulty, as the birds could not hear the noise 

 of the shutter, and sometimes it was possible to 

 change the plates and secure two pictures of the 

 same bird before it left the counter. 



During the winter photographs were secured of 

 nine species: the chickadee, white-breasted nut- 

 hatch, downy woodpecker, brown creeper, blue 

 jay, hermit thrush, myrtle warbler, junco, and 

 song sparrow. This list includes all the birds that 

 came to feed excepting the tree and white-throated 

 sparrows, but these were both very rare visitors 

 at this particular lunch-counter. Pictures of all 

 these, with the exception of the junco, were se- 

 cured at the window-sill. The chickadees became 

 so tame as to feed from the hand. 



Actions of the Different Species. — The vari- 

 ous species of birds showed considerable difPer- 

 ences in the way in which they seemed to regard 



