There is a widespread belief that gannets hatch their eggs with their feet, stated -Ur H. S. Cottrell in a lecture at 'Weuington. It is due to the fact that the birds are often seen with their feet on the eggs,, and occasionally on the chicks. "The belief is not correct," said the lecturer: "but experience has shown the gannet that it is wise, if you have a good egg, to keep your foot on it." The reason for this was not apparent at the Cape Kidnappers' rookery, which he was describing, but a photograph of the famous Scottish rookery, the precipitous Bass Rock, made it clear. "Now you see why you have to keep your foot on your egg " said he. It was evident that if it was I not held, the slightest touch would ' send it overboard,
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17471, 3 June 1922, Page 12
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