. Mutton birds and other birds . ^ in theimmediate vicinity; for with his limited powersof flight this little Petrel would be by even a local famine. My next visit to Herekopere was on PLATE \ Cluck. AND OTHER BIRDS n Sei^tember 22iid, and was brief owing toadverse weather conditions. We found neitherthe Mutton bird, Titi AVainui, nor the Kuaka inany of the numerous holes probed and Parara w^as no doubt sitting, for the noiseof the bird disturbed by our footsteps and pro-testing from the cavernous depths of its burrowwas frequently heard; and a fortni
. Mutton birds and other birds . ^ in theimmediate vicinity; for with his limited powersof flight this little Petrel would be by even a local famine. My next visit to Herekopere was on PLATE \ Cluck. AND OTHER BIRDS n Sei^tember 22iid, and was brief owing toadverse weather conditions. We found neitherthe Mutton bird, Titi AVainui, nor the Kuaka inany of the numerous holes probed and Parara w^as no doubt sitting, for the noiseof the bird disturbed by our footsteps and pro-testing from the cavernous depths of its burrowwas frequently heard; and a fortnight later eggsof this breed just about to hatch were got inseveral l)urrows. It was e^ ident from experience gained in thisisland that not all, at any rate, of the MuttonBirds laid their eggs on the one day. In order,howxver, to discover the earliest date umwhich this Petrel lays Ave determined to campon the islet and particularly to make a point ofwitnessing the occurrences on the mysterious25tli November—that day on which every Petrelof this breed de])osits its egg, on land forpreference, but otherwise on the surface of theocean. 18 MUTTON BIRDS
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