ten to fourteen eggs. 
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colour, without any 
in which she lays from 
These are olive-brown in 
markings. While she is brooding the hen sits 
very closely and : will wait almost until 
she is trodden*“"~ Va upon before rising and 
flying away. And as she always chooses a spot where her 
plumage harmonizes with the surroundings, it is by no 
means easy to see her. 
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