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Nests and Eggs will apply in a general way to plio- 

 tograpliing young in the uest ; but even when at 

 rest in other respects, the rapid respiration of nest- 

 lings requires a quick exposure to insure sharpness 

 of outline, and, when in the shadow, sufficient illu- 



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mination can be secured only with the aid of a 

 reflector. 



Adult Birds. — It is in photographing birds in the 

 full possession of the powers of maturity that the 

 bird photographer's skill and patience are put to 

 the most severe tests. It might be said that, from 

 a strictly ornithological point of view, the results 

 obtained do not in many instances justify the time 

 expended. Success, however, in this field, as in many 

 others, is not to be measured by the attainment of a 

 certain end, but often by the experience gained in 

 what, to one having only the ultimate object in 

 view, may seem to have been fruitless effort. 



