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panion and fed his captive child until it would not 

 open its bill for another insect, at which he 

 appeared to become angry. I noticed that he 

 hunted for his prey close down to the water 

 amongst the reeds. In addition to not being so 



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bold the female could not be credited with the 

 same amount of industry, and often swallowed the 

 supply of food she had ostensibly brought for her 

 chick. The fact of the male bird feeding his 

 captive young one until it would not look at the 

 food he brought it may to some extent explain 

 why all the members of a brood get a sustaining 



