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covered with lime are laid, one being incubated by 

 the male, the other by the female, and the young 

 of those eggs are cared for by each of the parents. 



The young are naked and of a lead colour. When 

 feathered they are conspicuously mottled in the 

 way of their ancestors and make a strong contrast 

 to the white of the parents. A second brood is 

 hatched out in February. 



The Masked Gannet breeds on Norfolk Island, 

 and feeds on flying fish. The serrated beak, which 

 is a recently acquired character, holds well. The 

 Red-legged Gannet nests on the Great Barrier Reef. 

 The Brown Gannet lays its eggs on Booby Island 

 in Torres Strait. 



It is a most trustful and affectionate family of 

 sea birds. 



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Areas 3, 4, 7^, 7* 



Spring witnesses the inrush of a million birds 

 into New South Wales from Queensland, and the 

 passing south of a million others into Victoria. It 

 also gives an impulse to the birds at the mountain 

 feet to go up its valleys to the heights to nest. 



The two lines of immigration from the north are 

 Eyrean of the plains and Torressian along the 

 mountains. 



In an abnormal season there is an influx of vast 



