Field notes: Catalogue, journal, and species accounts, v507
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Banks 1968 4. 2. capensis captive Aug 5 Bahaley 1:10 Ad, not on nest; fed both young. 3:00 Put out more food. Unmarked bird 5.1gm. Spots on alar tract merged with dark line. Spots on other tracts not definitive. Rectrix spots. Dist last part of ventral tract with slightly dark spot. Marked bird 6.1 gm. Spots of all tracts except femoral have merged into dark lines; show as definite feathers under skin on back and humeral tract. Anterior & lateral part of ventral tract shows dark papillae. Very active in hand. Both birds gaped when I moved the nest. Fed both after weighing. As soon as I was in truck, an ad. wanted the food. 5:05 Fed the little one - the other did not gape.