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Banks
1960
2. Capensis captives
3.
Aug 4, nervously about upper part of cage, then flew to ground &
foraged in litter. 8:49 & left nest. I entered cage.
First bird at 9:05 weighed 3.4gm. Marked those by
claw middle
chipping and tip of rt. foot. Second bird 2.4 gm. No
noticeable difference in down. On both, slightly dark
areas making papillae on forearm. 10:55 & was on
nest, + remained there while I was in cage putting
out grasshoppers. She stayed on all the time I was i,
11:08 both birds hopping about in cage when I was
at truck. 1:15 pm. The grasshoppers were gone + most of
the eggs, they take the yolk before the white. Put out
more grasshoppers, + fed 3 pieces to the birds. As I
wrote this, an adult visited food, then went toward
nest. 3:05 Marked bird 4.4 gm. Black dots of
papillae visible on entire tract, regular, few orl,
numerous, clear, tract. Papillae of ventral tract not
dark for visible. Unmarked 3.1gm. Dark papillae
on dorsal, humeral, clear, scapular - not femoral.
Not as marked dots, + fewer, than the bird. The
food placed out was gone. I supplied more grasshoppers &
eggs, and another tin of leaf litter. 5:15 Food gone once
more. I fed both young; the older, fed first, immediately
turned 180° and put out a fecal sac.
Aug 5. 9:05 Most of the food put out at 7 was gone; egg whites + meat thorax
remained. I fed one young; the other didn't seepe. Put out more food.
11:00 I was brooding, remained so the 5+ min. I was in cage. As
soon as I left, I visited food I put out, went to nest. Went
back to food, but not a second time nearest, as far as I could tell.