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BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA 



was taken of an opening beneath a ledge, but gen- 

 erally the bird excavated a hole/'" about four inches 

 in diameter and three or four feet in length, at the 

 end of which we found the nest of grasses and feath- 



t [Ik! utnl of uXL'u\'atu(.l luirruw. 



ers, with its single elliptical white egg'" and sitting 

 bird, or a sootjr, down-covered nestling."^ 



Woe to tlie unsuspecting person who thrusts his 

 hand into the jaw, one might saj^, of an incubating 

 Puflin. Nature has not only provided the bird with 

 an uncommonly powerful and efficient pair of man- 

 dibles, but also with a disposition which prompts it 

 to use them to the best advantage. Never have I 

 seen anything in the shape of a bird so diabolically 

 vicious as a Pulliii. An individual which we cap- 

 tured alive and attempted to study in our work- 

 room, proved altogether too lierce a creature to have 



