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with his hens, over the tops of the coconut palms, or through 

 the dense undergrowth. 



Migrant birds also come to this atollon. Golden plover 

 walk in the shallow lagoon flats, but even the air/jf peace which 

 the place holds, and the general trust displayed by the resi- 

 dent birds, cannot quite make them forget the fears which they 

 have learned of man in their travels — and they give him a 

 wide berth. It is not flattering to mankind to realise that 

 every animal that really knows him always takes care to 

 avoid him ; parasites form the sole exception. 



