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Catharacta maccormicki
42
Mauy
1960
Nov.24 found to have 2 egg
I notat a large number of birds, 50 or more,
about one melt pool near first glacier,
S. of Bonnie Ice Fall.
Nov.26 Nest 74 Noted down + contour feathers,
about the nest
Nest 36 Noted also contour feathers about
this site also
Nest 5-2 also had down + contour
feathers in bowl + about it. This nest
also had a more elaborate lining of
penguin feather, some contour + tert feathers,
than I have noticed before.
Observed an interesting bird yesterday
while skimming the seals. Plumage-
wise it was fully adult though it did
seem a little slight in build in
comparison with some others. At any
rate I just noticed it because it was
giving the chick begging call & was
observed in the typical chick hunched
posture. It was standing by another,
adult + both were near a piece of
shubber. The adult B* announced &
responded to the beg call, did
the turns & the adult finally drone it
off. The same bird was observed again
several times in similar situations-