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that the male takes no part in incubating the eggs, but I doubt 

 this. In the case of the young he is just as assiduous as the 

 female. Incubation in this species lasts thirty days. The young 

 are carried from the nest to the nearest water by their parents, 

 but in what manner is apparently unknown, some writers asserting 

 in the beak, others on the back, others yet again in the feet. 

 Only one brood is reared in the year. 



Diagnostic Characters. — Tadoma, with the general body 

 colour rufous buff, and the wing coverts white. Length, 25 inches. 

 Males in breeding plumage have a narrow black ring round the 

 neck. 



