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tu vc.i io at t ! iit ;;stM.3ors* ter tog fwx aiboendfe her >stf librived and started to 
Js '&&& afb;-ro;5g and jemitifwl Inrfi and snug i.osp© Intinmlj t. y»on scat 
<a *ae wxy * fcafbliaa mm ml® after t o . «p lifittt 
I.uju ?ut he pocased ifeota all &\?&y , usually evea -^fow the greeting oer^.ou'? 
! : a i ,a:: „iu;’.lu or :;o, : vo ,.o, 1 isate amm book* 
first toy ©A' tuexr iasettog they stood beside aaah otowr ©n the mat fa r 
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•Ihc iKlghbcairi&g sale took a partloulier interest to Ms tw£te 
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• ■ t seca long lodge ©si vwy of tan aheti the fenele was ri<— 
Tr vj nX-m'i o- ^er to l*ar toavlag his awa aafct: behind* ,r ho never too w»e 
sliciitoat iateisst m the resale or hie toi^hboor <xi the otl -.ar side, ^ee 1^® 
r'3-..1o< reach lust as easily# one ran. conclude that be fcai a special affect ton 
to toterwfc to her m as lively to % %k ac .w,,.o. ; ,. 
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the season edvaaoMl the aate® be pin t© s*iOBr mRpe and mo r e sexual 
botetiaor. 0!fe© act, ale frequostXy ij® *© for food from, the sale art* tm responds 
by feeding Lor. itery often a© aula t ion take® place luusdiately afterward®. 
'..ii.e t o : x?. ;e ; ; $$aag of all ti/x'-vries of" gulls is eltolmr hut the gresii)i< H n»st«rtt 
«** r':v ■; i i. uttetov; ' i; -■13., vii).o ■■si'a 
its bonk fiprly closed* J® food-heggjjng i» a snouil, luanNfcggreaaive display 
icLthtoaks earner afford to ©beer its bright ga$ie , the structure ahioh aeenm 
to relewfc - r2* lexi hostility isi sKiotijes*,, An inters stAn t ■•■sotot in til© court* 
;.it -tr i ce.-I.bi ■; to tfeat to® kittimte stole feed® tiw female fro® the throat to 
ro way as fe f<?^s the j©w«g. ^ouiiu-ssestto.; s?»oiee differ 
-vi, in Mhte they iwisn the foot’l into tine he®fe»tip aocl 
rt v •;■, i’rJJ to to# ^reeeft viunni It is pieced ep» ky 
t/:3fi yotar^ <* mza. it is of thoore t;Loel i£?K9rtenoe that eaoii epeelee uses ti® 
•raav? pattern in fee^.tog tha yoimg on to oeertiN^ feeding* Olm differetaoe to 
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’ a ' l ’ : *r votfivi t their vtwta r;>ar toe yr ; -y 
* ^oous» ano he fed secasi^bsre else* S®slf*dig@®t^ food oteemt eltN^s be 
piohsiK? t r oorpp c tely and It is ye y likely that soon & little iteap of rotting 
iOOs- hoolci collect to a kltttoritat*s nsst if the birds fed to fie gtoAand^fmetmni 1 
"toy, fsa.a would not only emr the yowg but it flight eleo develop into a 
of diseaa©* lyu:;. it is toportent for that kittiweke to have a ©lean nest* 
is^ auoeai oy the fast that tills species has a social nnnt Tluntni'j. reectian 
- to absent to to© gx*os*Bd-n©st ers • Ml the birds, adult and ’ % 9 will 
iimdfMelf peek up mvj object eiitoh fell® into the nest and fltor it 
J ^rott to© ladflS wito a vigorous l*ead-etf^re* 
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lx xim fmgtoai£.ig of May the bird® start to build their neats* Often 
■■iuite a lot of pairs audrleuly ©tart to build steal tax^oualy, keep it up far 
a coifilcj of hours mxl gradually loss® interest at about tli® s&i© ti-«* One 
n-mttmj, mm wma toe bird® busily flying to and fro so that tlie colony is as 
busy m a beo-liiv® and to afternoon all of torn stand dully mi their lecl^u 
as if th&y had never tx?en totorestod to imat aateitol. They colleot tom 
