. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. Photo by Howard H. Cleaves A "turtle crawl" : raccoon key, bulls bay, s. c. The female turtle drags herself up the beach above high-water mark after dark and digs a nest, where, according to the age and size of the turtle, from 75 to 200 eggs are deposited at a single laying. of another. In this event a new cotirse be devised, and if this fails a tliird must be resorted to. It keeps one's wits on the move and compels a close study of the habits and idiosyncrasies of the numerous birds which one meets; and this,
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. Photo by Howard H. Cleaves A "turtle crawl" : raccoon key, bulls bay, s. c. The female turtle drags herself up the beach above high-water mark after dark and digs a nest, where, according to the age and size of the turtle, from 75 to 200 eggs are deposited at a single laying. of another. In this event a new cotirse be devised, and if this fails a tliird must be resorted to. It keeps one's wits on the move and compels a close study of the habits and idiosyncrasies of the numerous birds which one meets; and this, after all, is the true end to be gained and desired. The difference of temperament in dif- ferent birds and, moreover, in different individuals of the saine species can best be illustrated, perhaps, by the following incidents: The first was furnished by a yellow- billed cuckoo. She had her nest in a dense piece of woodland and placed near the top of a seven-foot bush, beneath a canopy of leaves, which, together with the shade of the forest, produced wretched light conditions for photography. The time was late afternoon, and be- fore the old bird came back to the nest, with the corpulent caterpillar of a hawk moth for the two )'oung cuckoos, an electrical storm had obscured the sun en- tirelv, and the rumblings of thunder made it apparent that camera, tripod, and all would soon have to be withdrawn or be drenched. But the young cuckoos were so far developed that they would be oitt of the nest by the following morning; so, if a plate were to be secured of the old bird beside her young, it was plain that it must be exposed within the next five minutes or not at all. As this crisis was reached there oc- curred a movement at the far side of the bush and in an instant the old yellow-bill was standing at the edge of the nest, her tail drooping and head turned to one side. The shutter had been set for a time ex- posure and the thread leading to it was given a catitious pidl. At the op
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