Vol. XXIV. 
1925 
Camera Craft 
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is necessary to let the light in. Foliage used to hide the camera 
should be gathered from neighbouring vegetation, while the 
immediate surroundings of the nesting site should be disarranged 
as little as possible. Small branches tied to the tripod are an¬ 
other useful precaution. Attention to these details helps to 
familiarise the bird at once, and soon dispels that characteristic 
shyness which often overtakes it if no such trouble is taken. 
A development of the method here described will not only help 
to obtain true records of bird postures, but, in addition, photo¬ 
graphs will be produced that give accurate likenesses of feather 
contours, which are not always found in skins, while series would 
be invaluable to taxidermists as guides in mounting specimens in 
conformity with their natural dispositions. 
j. oe illustrations clearly show the latitude of movement when 
the bird is within the depth of field. It is advisable to work 
with an inch or two more depth than the length of the bird. A 
six-inch bird in an eight-inch depth would render the surest 
results. # Nesting 
Inches. Period. 
Short-billed Tree-tit. 3.5 Sep.-Dee. 
Brown Fly-eater . 4.1 Sep.-Jan. 
Grass Warbler. 3.6 Oct.-Feb. 
Little Tit-Warbler. 4.0 Sep.-Jan. 
Striated Tit-Warblei. 4.0 Aug.-Dee. 
Spotted Pardalote (Diamond Bird) .. 3.35 July-Dee. 
White-fronted Chat. 4.6 Aug.-Mch. 
Orange-winged Tree-runner. 4.5 1 Aug.-Dee. 
Blood Bird v . 4.3 Sep.-Dee. 
White-naped Honeyeater (Black Cap) 5.5. Aug.-Feb. 
Silver-eye. 4.75 Sep.-Feb. 
Brown Flycatcher (Jacky Winter) . . . 5.2 Aug.-Jan 
Red-capped Robin. 4.75 Sep.-Dee. 
White-throated Flyeater (Native Canary) 4.3 Sep.-Dec. 
Blue Wren.5.0 July-Jan. 
Speckled Warbler (Jenny Wren) .... 5.0 Aug.-Dee. 
Yellow-tailed Tit. 4.5 July-Dee. 
White-shafted Fan tail. 6.25 Aug.-Dee. 
Black and White Fantail (Wagtail) .. 8.0 Aug.-Dee. 
Yellow-breasted Shrike-Robin (Yellow 
Bob). 6.5 Aug.-Dee. 
Reed Warbler. 6.2 Aug.-Feb. 
Rufous-breasted Whistler. 6.75 Sep.-Dec. 
Spinebill. 6.5 Sep.-Dee. 
Brown Tree-creeper. 7.2 July-Nov. 
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Yellow 
Whisker). 7.5 July-Dee. 
Noisy Miner (Soldier Bird) . . . . . . 10.0 Aug.-Dee. 
Magpie-Lark (Pee-Wee) . .. 10.5 Aug.-Dee. 
Grey Thrush. 9.5 Aug.-Dec. 
Coach-whip Bird. 10.75 July-Nov. 
