. Bird studies with a camera : with introductory chapters on the outfit and methods of the bird photographer . Birds; Photography of birds. TWO DAYS WITH THE TERNS 115 the wing, and the series of pictures shown represents the stages of growth from the egg to the age at which the bird takes fiiglit. Both the nature of the bird's liaunts and the manner in which the members of a colony spread an alarm make it practically impossible to surprise a. 57. Young Tern hiding in the grass. Tern upon its nest. But by lying prone iipon the ground one attracts far less attention than when standing. The hove
. Bird studies with a camera : with introductory chapters on the outfit and methods of the bird photographer . Birds; Photography of birds. TWO DAYS WITH THE TERNS 115 the wing, and the series of pictures shown represents the stages of growth from the egg to the age at which the bird takes fiiglit. Both the nature of the bird's liaunts and the manner in which the members of a colony spread an alarm make it practically impossible to surprise a. 57. Young Tern hiding in the grass. Tern upon its nest. But by lying prone iipon the ground one attracts far less attention than when standing. The hovering flock of birds gradually disperses, and those which are incubating soon re- turn to the vicinity of their nests, hanging over them and dropping nearer and nearer,^'* until at the end of fifteen or twenty minutes they swoop down beside them, raise their wings high over their backs, then fold them gently and settle upon their eggs.^' On a second visit to the island a bit of old sail was brought, which I drew over me when lying on the ground—a plan resulting in my practical disap- pearance, as far as the Terns were 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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