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Breed/ tier of the Red-collared W/iydo/i. 
led to disaster, as on my trying to make them hold up their' 
heads properly, they objected and promptly jumped out. 
Neither could rt\-, so I had no difiiculty in capturing and re- 
placing them, bul to make them stay there was a difficult 
Young Red-collared \Vhydah hiding on jS'est, 
matter; however, with patience I succeeded and -got a very 
good negative, but after all, my labour was in vain, as I acci- 
dentally dropped the plate when printing from it. I always 
like to get photos of the nests and eggs, as well as the 
parents and young birds, whenever possible, and, in doing so, 
I am afraid that I sometimes run some risk of causing the 
birds to desert their nest, but so far I have had no ill-luck 
in this direction. I guess the birds are getting used to me 
and my camera, although to most of them a man with his head 
wrapped up in a focussing cloth inust be a sufficiently alarming 
looking object, 
