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egg again. Incubation laKSts 36 days ; the newly hatched 

 young is buff-brown, and it does not move from the tree 

 until it has assumed its white feathers. A bird hatched on 

 September 3, 1905, did not move from the site of its hatch- 



FiG. 78. 



G'l/gis Candida sitting on its Egg. 

 This is the same egg as is shown in Fig. 77. 



ing till October 22 ; it then moved higher up the branch, 

 and remained, with slight changes of position, till Novem- 

 ber 12, when it took its first flight. Many eggs were watched, 

 and in no case did any accident befall them, but a young 

 bird, batched on November 17, fell from its insecure position 

 on the fourth day, and was killed. This bird does not occur 

 on Christmas Island, and is not seen far from the atoll — it is, 

 in fact, a sign that the atoll is near when one is seen on the 

 voyage from Java. 



