NESTLINGS OF FOREST AND MARSH 
timid and much more distressed, fearing to 
come near us herself and perfectly certain that 
she would never see those nestlings again. 
After taking their pictures, during which 
they behaved 
admirably, we 
went into con- 
cealment to 
watch. At once 
the father was 
there with food, 
and the mother, 
being reassured 
that the boat so 
near did not 
mean a trap, soon 
joined him in 
Young dinging to edge of nest CaHng for them. 
To reach the haunts of the yellow-heads 
from our camp, required a row of three 
miles, a punt of one mile through marsh, a 
row of another three miles and punt of a 
quarter of a mile. Nevertheless, so deter- 
mined were we to watch their nesting habits 
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