. Bird studies with a camera : with introductory chapters on the outfit and methods of the bird photographer . Birds; Photography of birds. THE LEAST T5ITTERN C7 her post, while the male marched off through the reeds in the manner which has been described as so remarliable. When he paused, with either foot grasping reeds several inches apart or clung to a single stalk with both feet, he re- semtjled a gigan- tic, tailless Marsh Wren. The actions of the female were in- teresting in the extreme. Her first move was an at- tempt at conceal- ment through pro- tective mimicry—a rare device among bir
. Bird studies with a camera : with introductory chapters on the outfit and methods of the bird photographer . Birds; Photography of birds. THE LEAST T5ITTERN C7 her post, while the male marched off through the reeds in the manner which has been described as so remarliable. When he paused, with either foot grasping reeds several inches apart or clung to a single stalk with both feet, he re- semtjled a gigan- tic, tailless Marsh Wren. The actions of the female were in- teresting in the extreme. Her first move was an at- tempt at conceal- ment through pro- tective mimicry—a rare device among birds. Stretching her neclv to tlie utmost, she pointed her bill to the ze- nith, the brou'nish marks on the feath- ers of the throat be- came lines which, separated by the white spaces be- tween them, might easily have passed for dried reeds, and the bird's statuelike jDose, when almost within reach, evinced her belief in her own invisi- bility.^=''"' The pose recalled Hudson's exjierience with a. Least Bitturii oil iit-st iiiiniiL' iMuii'lini^ Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945. New York : D. Appleton
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