Antartica field notes, v1468
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Male 1960 Catharacta maccormicki: No. 7 One p.m. when quiet bed a feeding display left the slavery (2:40) Copulation 3:00 Cop. of pair N. of meat lagoon edge. Male standing for 2-3 minutes calling ë ë ã ã ñ ñ n nasal quality intermittent, increasing tempo sometimes, accompanied by raising wings would then become rapid + was cop. cry. Q stood languidly in hunched posture but not quite that submissive & mounted a couple of times. Briefly, Q sat once, stood at standing chirder times. When he mounted for good she sat, purred intermittently during act. Raned tail + seemed ready to complete, Q didn't seem ready, dropped off ~ they challenged each other 2 quite (more of last, one approach) Copulation 3:15 P.1 (n 2?) copulated - movies. 3:30 P before quiet flew off headed up the bay towards landing strip. 3:46 - returned together Cop 4:00 Another cop. the difference was the fact that the Q was seen in food begging (the not known if complete) a minute or 2 before the male started his intermittent Cop call + build up (flehed) Left post at 4:15 + walked about the slavery. There seems to be a larger