DeVal, E.H. 2005 Journal Isla Boca Brava, Chiriqui, Panama 18 Apr. quail egg experiment) in the incubator, and fed him about 1.5 cc of Exact chick food mixed with boiled water. He ate well, though the food went everywhere and I had to spend some time cleaning him with a Q-tip to be sure the ants wouldn't eat him alive. Later in the evening (~10:00) I tried to feed him again, but he was fast asleep and wouldn't beg. The incubator hadn't switched on, so I fixed the connection and left him until morning. The eggs that had been in the incubator were both collected this afternoon (i.e opened & the contents stored in E+OH). The one from nest E-35 was dead, as I suspected. I put this one in the incubator because I suspected it wasn't going to hatch but I still wanted the genetic sample. The chick was ~10 days developed, but clearly long-dead. The E-49 egg I crushed accidentally when cleaning the incubator. E-49 had already failed, but I was considering an attempt to raise the chick (as I'm now doing with the E-28 baby instead). The E-28 chick has been dubbed Pilot and will be referred to by this name in my later notes.