CONTENTS 



Introduction 



Wliut is bird photography 'i — The scientific value of bird 

 photography — The eliarin of bird pliotography. 



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THE OUTFIT AND METHODS OF THE BIRD 

 I'HOTOGRAI'lIER 



The hird photographer's outfit .6 



The camera — Tiie lens — The shutter — The tripod — Plates 

 — Blinds — Sundries. 



The methods of the bird photographer .... 36 



birds. 



BIRD SrrDIEH WITH A CAilEh'A 



Bird photography begins at hojie 40 



The Chickadee — a study in black and white ... 47 



The Least Bittern and some other reed inhabitants . G2 



Two Herons . . , 76 



Where Swallows roost 89 



Two DAYS WITH tue Terns 106 



Perce and Bonaventure 128 



The Magdalens 146 



Bird Rock 152 



Life on Pelican Island, with some speculations on the 



origin of bird migration 191 



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