. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . Icall spins. Two straps, one oneither side, are all that is required tohold them in place no matter howrough the bark may be. After settingit, the camera is drawn up and fasten-ed in the same manner as it is on otherstyles of tripods and can be turnedabout in all directions with ease. Withthe aid of a screw-driver it can beeasily affixed to the corner of any woodbuilding for the purpose of obtainingpictures of nests under the eaves orelsewhere; or can be affixed to a win- dow casing on the outside in the samemanner. For ground wor
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . Icall spins. Two straps, one oneither side, are all that is required tohold them in place no matter howrough the bark may be. After settingit, the camera is drawn up and fasten-ed in the same manner as it is on otherstyles of tripods and can be turnedabout in all directions with ease. Withthe aid of a screw-driver it can beeasily affixed to the corner of any woodbuilding for the purpose of obtainingpictures of nests under the eaves orelsewhere; or can be affixed to a win- dow casing on the outside in the samemanner. For ground work and nests placed inbushes not over one foot from theground it does very well, but for nestsover one foot and not placed in trees itcannot be used, therefore I find itnecessary to carry two tripods, andconsider myself well off to get alongwith so little. A ladder or strong ropesometimes becomes a necessity, wherethere are no suitable limbs from whichto get focus. Such feats as setting acamera and getting the focus whileclinging to a rope would not be advis-. NEST AND EGGS OF LAKK BUIvTING WITH EGGS OF THE COWBIKD. able unless it was to secure a picture ofthe nest of some rare species, in thatcase you would be amply rewarded, butin case of a common species it wouldbe much better to seek a nest in a moreaccessible place. Pictures will remind us of by-gonedays when we rambled though thewoods to study the great book of na-ture, amid dancing sunbeams flittingthrough leafy branches; amid beautifulflowers exhaling sweet fragrance fillingthe ambient air with perfume; amid festoons of grape and woodbine hang-ing in wreaths and garlands; throughfertile valleys with winding brooks andrivulets, some slow and deep, othersrapid, murmuring a little trill as theyripple oer obstructing pebbles or di-verging from boulders, only to joinagain and ripple on toward the will remind us of placid lakes,where the wild fowl love to dwell; ofalmost impenetrable swamps whereman seldom intrudes
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