. Among the water-fowl : observation, adventure, photography : a popular narrative account of the water-fowl as found in the northern and middle states and lower Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains . AN INCUBATING BRUNNICH S IIURRE especially Kitti-wakes, that I hadtound no oppor-tunity to photo-graph before, alsogroups of Murres,and off to one side some line Gannet ledges, with long arrays ofthe great, snowy birds. The best subject was amass of Murres ot both kinds on their eggs, andjust below them three Kittiwakes on their were all within ten feet of the course of thecrate. When i
. Among the water-fowl : observation, adventure, photography : a popular narrative account of the water-fowl as found in the northern and middle states and lower Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains . AN INCUBATING BRUNNICH S IIURRE especially Kitti-wakes, that I hadtound no oppor-tunity to photo-graph before, alsogroups of Murres,and off to one side some line Gannet ledges, with long arrays ofthe great, snowy birds. The best subject was amass of Murres ot both kinds on their eggs, andjust below them three Kittiwakes on their were all within ten feet of the course of thecrate. When it was stopped opposite some goodsubject I held the camera on the little railing andgot the exact focus of the birds, which did notappear to mind my presence particularly, thoughthey kept uttering their notes, and now and thenone would leave, though it soon returned. Then I 77. 78 Modern Cliff-Dwellers put in the plate and made ready, placing the camerain the same position on the railing, and makinginstantaneous exposures. The crate kept turningaround, but so slowly that it made no difference,the view-tinder of the camera giving the exactrange. Thus I was lowered successively from ledgeto ledge, swinging off in mid-air, till I had photo-graphed everything within useful range, when I
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