. Lore d'oiseau . h d'une seconde l'oiseau était le nôtre ; sans tant de choses que de le savoir, sans en effet le ruffling de l'aféather ou le dessin d'une goutte de sang, et conservé livekeet vrai à la nature pour tout le temps à venir. Irom cette fois sur les oiseaux est venu et est allé sans hésitation, les seuls retards sérieux dans nos opérations étant dû aux nuages dérivants, qui maintenant et puis obscurcissent le soleil et rendu la lumière trop faible pour les expositions rapides nécessaires. L'un des oiseaux, celui que nous avons pris pour être la femelle, était un peu plus courageux 12 Bird-Lore que l'autre, et c'est sa photo qui apaa
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. Bird lore . h of a second the bird was ours ; shotwithout so much as knowing it, without indeed the ruffling of afeather or the drawing of a drop of blood, and preserved lifelikeand true to nature for all time to come. Irom this time on the birds came and went without hesitation, the only serious delays in our operations being due to the driftingclouds, which now and then obscured the sun and rendered thelight too weak for the rapid exposures necessary. One of the birds, the one we took to be the female, was a little more courageous 12 Bird-Lore than the other, and it is her picture that appears oftenest. Thetimid one, — the male, — even went so far on several occasions as tohimself devour the worm he had brought rather than trust himselfat close quarters with the unknown enemy, although his mate wasat the time coming and going industriously and keeping the littlefolk well supplied with the great larvae. Surely personal traits andindividuality are quite as well marked in the bird world as higher. YOUNG CHICKADEES. in the scale ! After we had made several more exposures similarto the first, one of the best of which shows the bird, worm-ladenas before, balanced on the edge of the hole and taking the usuallast look at the camera, we turned our attention to catching her asshe was coming out. This required quicker cooperation betweeneye and hand, as the exit was generally made with a dash ; but theaccompanying picture, with head just emerging, will show that wewere fairly sviccessfal. Having concluded from all indications, chief among which wasthe immense number of huge caterpillars carried in to the young. The Camera as an Aid in the Study of Birds 13 that the latter must be fairl grown, we decided to expose the nestand complete our collection by securing the entire family. So care-fully sawing awa}- the front wall of the cavit} with a keyliole sawcarried for just such purposes, we gave the little fellows within tlieirfirst view of the outside world. I fear they mus
