Bird and egg notes, v4521
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seconds she swung up & the bare limbs - a Chyld are on East side of tree. Then she gave (it was the brown bird) A cough of tull - low - as I have heard her do before - then within 5 seconds 2 more tulls in succession. The male then affirm coming in from the E with food - carry a shurah - who gobbled food - was not fed nor did she beg or chitty wings - she dropped & curled limb flat food - no apparent & simple bout it impolite found later. Male dropped & gobbled caught smaller wigeet came up & near fungle - with turned to other - female gobbled and swallowed food. They sat for about 32 sec - easily left To sit - Female drooped low-in turn and in a minute swung up came to nest - swung up & it - smoked three breaths breathed and wriggled about a nut 5.16 facing nw E. & She would look about at moving things - birds or when I moved. J- did not change position however - male not seen - at 550 - 2 stood up slowly but frightened her - she flushed yeld as before