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 92 Bird- Lore is extended to a surprising degree antl is already in motion, as is shown by the failure of the lens to record the outer primaries while securing, with some detail, an outline of the secondaries. Indeed, the evidently much higher speed with which the primaries were being moved, together -J FLICKER LEAVING NEST- HOLE with the space shown in the picture between the outermost secondary and innermost primary, suggest the possibility of an independent move- ment of the distal portion of the wing. A close examination of the negative shows that the outer primaries are spread out fan -like to such an extent as to be in contact only at their bases. Profiting by experi- ence, this bird subsequently left her tree before one could approach near enough to plant a camera. The following morning was devoted to securing the picture of a Scarlet Tanager, whose home had been discovered by a good type of the all -seeing farmer's boy. Neither conditions of location, site, or light were favorable, and after the camera had been fastened in the apple tree which the birds had selected for a home, it was found necessary to build a blind of bushes beneath a neighboring tree, whence the photographer could not see his subject. From a distance, therefore, with the aid of a glass, Mr. Burroughs kept watch and gave word when the exposure was to be made. The results, with one exception, demonstrated that the photographer's point of view is not always his camera's, only one