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BE LLCH AMBERS— Notes on the Mallee Fowl. 



No of € 



ggs Date laid 



Date of hatching 



Period of 

 incubation 



8 



. . . . September 24 



broken 





9. 



. . . . September 30 







10. 



October 4 



broken 





11. 



October 11 







12. 



October 18 







13. 



October 24 







14. 



October 30 







15. 



. , . . November 4 







16. 



. . . . November 9 



February 16 



99 days 



17. 



. . . . November 15 







18. 



. . . . November 21 



February 15 



86 days 



19. 



. . . . November 26 



February 18 



84 days 



20. 



. . . . December 8 



February 12 



66 days 



21. 



. . . . December 15 



February 15 



62 days 



22. 



. . . . December 22 



February 22 



62 days 



23. 



Not known 



March 8 





24. 



Not known. 







25. 



Not known. 







26. 



Not known. 







27. 



Not known. 







28. 



Not known. 







The feather phase of chick/ is as under: — 



Chick hatched March 8th; tail feathers made 

 their appearance on April 1st; on i rump, April 

 6th; on back, April 7th; on head and throat, 

 April 14th; on breast, April 17th; upper tail coverts, April 

 20th ; by February 12th no change had taken place in flight 

 feathers ; first flight feathers seem to have power of growth. 

 The chick evidently merely puts on an overcoat, the first 

 feathers remaining under the new; oldest chick was shedding 

 flight feathers on June 2nd. 



