109. 
8 Feb. (cont.) morning of the 7th, as I doubt an 
unattended chick could survive the rats throughout the 
night. I first found him 1600, and returned at 1830, 
just prior to dark. As it was still unattendea., X 
wanted to move him. Nest 29 still contained an egg, 
but it was way overdue - 75 days along on the 7th. 
It proved to be a non-fertile egg, so I removed the 
egg and p ut chick 33, 11 days old, under the incubating 
? 29. The chick was immediately accepted, and the 
? settled down on it as though it were her own. . I 
remained about 5 minutes, but there was no Aeeuinfi of 
the rather thin chick. However, this Ala the chick, 
was fat and full of oil, so it looks as though it is 
being fed by its foster parent. The o' 29 has not yet 
returned. Acceptance of an 11 day chick by a biiu on 
an egg seems to defy all the traditional information 
we have about chick acceptance. 
Blue-faced Booby behavior this PM - in a slight 
drizzle. There was a good bit of fighting between Ob, 
B12, R23, R27-28 - all around 05 and his egg, Oo 
driving off all comers. 
Stuffed a Bonin after chow - looks pretty good. 
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