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Bird Studies With a Camera · Frank M. Chapman — chapter 18 of 25 · ~194 words · public domain

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Bird Rock, 130, 150, 152.

Birds, adult, photographing, 33. Young, photographing, 32; return of, to nesting ground, 192.

Bittern, American, 29, 70. Least, haunts of, 62; mode of progression of, 62; notes of, 63, 72; nest of, 65; protective mimicry of, 67; courage of, 68; eggs of, destroyed by Marsh Wren, 72; intelligence of, 75; eating eggs, 75.

Blackbird, Red-winged, 26, 69, 70, 94, 194.

Blinds, 23.

Bobolink, 95, 100, 194.

Bonaventure Island, 130, 138, 139, 141.

Bourque, Captain Peter, 164.

Brewster, William, 63, 103, 133, 160.

Bryant, Dr. Henry, 159.

Bryon Island, 152, 162.

Bulb, 21, 22.

Canadian Government, 189.

Cartier, Jacques, 154.

Cape Breton, 152.

Catbird, 37.

Cat-tails, 90.

Camera, uses of, 1–4; kinds of, 6. Hand, 8; Kearton’s, 7; long-focus, 7; reflecting, 8; twin-lens, 8; snap-shot, 8; dummy, 35; triumph of, 171.

Cameras used in Gulf of St. Lawrence, 133.

Cannon, 160.

Chickadee, tameness of, 47; in Central Park, 48; photographing, 49; alighting on hand, 51; nesting of, 52; habits of, when nesting, 53–55; young of, 57–61.

Chuck-will’s-widow, 146.

Civilization, effects of, on wild life, 128.

Clamp, ball-and-socket, 22, 24, 29.

Cliff photography, 25.

Climbers, 24.

Codfishing, 136.

Cormorants, Double-crested, 132.

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