THE WATER-OUZEL. 

 Photograph by Gertrude Metcalfe, Mazama Outing, Mt. Baker, 1906. 



To secure so fine a picture of the Ouzel in his native haunts is an 

 achievement worth mentioning. The result exhibits that rare coin- 

 cidence which might be striven for a thousand times without success. 

 The bird has just alighted, — witness the numerous ripples in the 

 water, — and his whole being is so alert with doubt, suspicion, and 

 curiosity regarding the intruder, that one can almost see his wings 

 quiver with indecision. A quarter of a second sooner or later, and 

 the film would have spelled failure. 



