DOMESTIC LIFE 



kept of one particular pair Math the following 

 result : * 



Nov. 14. Egg laid. Hen sitting. 



Nov. 27. A cock seen to join the hen for the 

 first time since the 14th. He took 

 her place on the nest. This was the 

 first day on which any red guano 

 was seen about the nest. 



Dec. 10. The hen returned between 8 p.m. and 

 10 P.M., having been absent since 

 November 27. Fresh red guano : 

 the first for many days. 



Dec. 14. The cock relieved the hen between 

 8 A.M. and 10 a.m. 



Dec. 15. The hen relieved the cock between 

 8 A.M. and 10 a.m. Between 6 p.m. 

 and 8 p.m. the chick was hatched, the 

 hen remaining on the nest. 



Dec. 17. At 8 A.M. the cock was found to have 

 relieved the hen. 



Dec. 18. Hen mounted guard between 6 p.m. 

 and 8 p.m. 



Dec. 20. Cock relieved guard about 8 a.m. At 



* This " watch-bill " was kindly kept for me by Mr. Priestly on 

 his meteorological rounds, the nests bemg near the thermometer 

 screen. 



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