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A visit to a nesting colony of crested penguins (Eudyptes p. pachyrhynchus)

  • Publication Type

    Journal Article

  • Publication Year

    1957

  • Author(s)

    O. Sansom; P. Dorizac

  • Journal Name

    Notornis

  • Volume, Issue

    7, 4

  • Pagination

    102-107

  • Article Type

    Paper

  • DOI

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A visit to a nesting colony of crested penguins (Eudyptes p. pachyrhynchus)

Notornis, 7 (4), 102-107

O. Sansom; P. Dorizac (1957)

Article Type: Paper

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Rolla I. 28/8/56. 26 nests found. 12/9/56. Three chicks seen, two being in one nest. 25/9/56. Chicks well grown, the bigger being the size of an adult Little Blue Penguin. On one nest were two dead chicks. There was still one incubating bird with egg unhatched. Seymour I. 11/9/56. One nest with eggs in open under supplejack. This was the only nest seen in the open. On 26/9/56 the nest contained two chicks.