. Bird lore . NODDY. NEST AND EGG 8o Bird-Lore is bad; they are thin and flimsy and the first to suffer from the violentwinds that at times pass over the group. Within a week after the arrival of the birds the first eggs are to befound. Last year the counts were as follows: May 8, one; May 9, five;May 10, ten; May 11, twenty-three; May 12, thirty-seven new counts were now abandoned, as one was liable to overlook an eggand include it in the enumeration of a following day. The eggs require from thirty-five to thirty-six days to hatch. Thesefigures are given upon only seventeen counts, b
. Bird lore . NODDY. NEST AND EGG 8o Bird-Lore is bad; they are thin and flimsy and the first to suffer from the violentwinds that at times pass over the group. Within a week after the arrival of the birds the first eggs are to befound. Last year the counts were as follows: May 8, one; May 9, five;May 10, ten; May 11, twenty-three; May 12, thirty-seven new counts were now abandoned, as one was liable to overlook an eggand include it in the enumeration of a following day. The eggs require from thirty-five to thirty-six days to hatch. Thesefigures are given upon only seventeen counts, but in that number the periodwas a constant one, apparently. The majority of the young are a dull. YOUNG NODDY CALLING FOR FOOD black, unmarked; a few, however, have white blotches on back andwings, while less than one per cent are almost pure white. The female (presumably) broods the eggs nearly constantly, only fish-ing a little in the early weeks of incubation. Toward the end of thisperiod all food is brought by her mate. The male (presumably) flies to sea many miles and returns with acrop full of sardines. Then he perches on the edge of the nest and thefemale takes hold of his bill and gives his head a rather violent shakingfor a second or so. This seems to act as a stimulus to him to disgorge,and the food coming up will be eagerly picked from the back part of histhroat by the female and devoured. At other times the entire contents The Tortugas Tern Colony of the crop will be deposited on the rim of the nest and this will beeaten by the female. The young are fed by both parents upon food disgorged in a similarmanner. They are among the most helpless of young wild birds, beingab
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