Details of exhibit
- Exhibition:
- 1909 Fifty-fourth Annual Exhibition of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain
- Exhibit title:
- Qoite settled down
- Exhibitor:
- W. Bickerton
- Section:
- Scientific and Technical Photography and its Application to Processes of Reproduction
- Group Title:
- The Stone Curlew, Norfolk Plover or Thicknee
- Exhibit No.:
- 301
- Exhibit No. 2:
- (f)
- Description:
- The Stone Curlew is a ground nesting bird, choosing by preference situations on high ground from which a good look-out may be kept. Open downs, commons, story warrens and rough uplands in sandy or chalky districts are its most favoured haunts. Its plumage colours, as a rule, match admirably with its surrounding, and thus have a high protective value - a value which is considerably intensified by the bird's actual habits at or near the nest. The chief of these as brought out in the photographs are as follows: -
(1) It practically always approaches and leaves its nest by walking or running (hence its name of stone runner) - never by flying. In fact, it always prefers to run rather than to fly, save as a last resort. Note that its length and strength of legs are correlated with its running habit.
(2) It is a bird of the twilight and the night time rather than of the day. Correlated with this habit is the unusually large development of the eye, as shown in the photographs.
(3) When settled on the nest it has the habit of squatting or crouching quite close to the ground so as to render itself as inconspicuous as possible.
The photographs, which should be taken from left to right, beginning at the top left-hand corner, are: - Exhibit type:
- Photographic equipment and supplies
- Process:
- [Not Listed] ()
- Award:
- none
- Prices:
- Original Framed 31/6
