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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