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to find both broods at the same point at the same time, although this situation has been en- 

 countered on several occasions. In these instances, both females have usually been present 

 and have subsequently gone their respective ways with their own broods. But in one case, 

 two such broods were again found together the following day, while two others were found 

 together a second time after an interval of two months. It seems probable that such occur- 

 rences are largely accidental. Now and then, however, particularly late in the season, a group 

 of orphaned chicks has, apparently, joined another brood permanently. 



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