DOMESTIC LIFE 



tioned as having waited for so long for a mate, 

 and the lateness of the date on which the first 



egg appeared may have resulted in there being 

 no other. 



The only notes I have on the incubation period 

 are that the first chick appeared in No. 5 nest on 

 December 19 (incubation period thirty-seven days) 

 and in No. 7 nest on December 28 (incubation 

 period thirty-four days). 



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