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TMe under ide of the wings are light blue fron the 
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to ray hand the sarae as adults. Its bite is sharpe , 
out it uoes not break the skin. IL does not lida lijht. 
Theprecedding was a description of chick number 36. 
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and neck and head* The chick is born covered with 
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brown* The bill is grey the same color as the adults® 
The down on the feather tracts is a darker grey than 
the grey in between the tracts- Feet are oink with 
no pigment coloration such as the adults' have® 
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There eye~s~are sensatuve to light but—x>ney -can'not- J 
distinguish movement* they try to crawl into shaded 
areas if placed in the sun. Description of a one 
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Description of a 7 day old Wedge-tailed Snearwater - 
chick® Dark grey down on back , rump . Light grey 
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down on head neck and belly® The down color is lighter 
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color being added and the down feathers growing® The 
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down on the feather tracts is~darker than the down 
in between the tracts. The bill is grey the same 
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color as the adults. The egg tooth is still present® 
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of down., the f5 rst coat seems to be a continual on 
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of the same feather but it is liggterin color 9 and 
very dxstxnct" 'f rom "tne second aown coax.. - T-ne second - 
down appears as dark brown soecks at the base of the 
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first down and comes in at the same rate on the 
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the scapulars come in at the same rate also. The 
neclr~head^n"dr i ma^ius do "not come-xir at tins time® - 
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