nest out of the fish bones and fish scales which they have thrown 

 up from their stomachs. On this prickly bed and in this dun- 

 geon, six or eight white eggs, 1.35 x 1.05 inches, are laid and 

 the young ones are raised. As it is a great task for the birds 

 to make the tunnel, they use the same one over and over for 

 several years in succession. 



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