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^ataphophorous semipalmatus ™ ** 

 June 22, 1936 



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2.01 x 1.41 

 2.03 x 1. 



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INCUBATION- Fresh 



z 2.14 x 1.46 

 — 2.01 x 1.43 



SITUATION- Two nests o%this bird were" 

 found dm thes islands in the salt-water 

 marsh where the Laugh in^G-uM^.n^sts we: 

 found. This parti cular set oT* " "s . wu ,; 

 from a nest about 6" fro the water ..$$kd. 

 a foot from a gull's nest. & ^'h^e biro "ile< 

 from the ftest when I a^ra8«(|^ ' w^hiaJl 

 feet. The nest was auite eievferle "conw; 

 it was composed of grasses interlined w 

 the long marsh grass which' hung over. th< 

 nest hiding it very well. 



After the female left, £j^5iB£«R 

 flew around the small pond.^aS^||I' Trj&8}» 

 x uttering a continuous -egies o 

 She would not approach very elos 

 so many ax birds do when their n 

 9 iscovered. 



The marsh is located abo 



noises . 



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and a half from 7/achapraegue , va.= 



**(Catoptrophorus semipalmatus ) 



A.O.U. Checklist 



1983 



