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A clutch contains 3 to 4 or occasionally 5 eggs and 2-3 broods are raised each year.
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The clutch contains 1 or 2 eggs, which are incubated by both parents over the course of 54 to 56 days.
The clutch of the Common Crane usually contains two eggs, with seldomly one laid and, even more rarely, 3 or 4.
In some cases, the hydro-mechanical unit contains a servomotor coupled to a gear arrangement for a linear actuator, which uses brake fluid from the braking system to impel a hydraulic cylinder to move the main clutch actuator.
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10 inch Mini-hats with ( 1 ) Hi-hat rod and clutch ( 2 ) Tom and cowbell holder ( 3 ) HiHat legs and pedal
Down 3 – 2 in the 7th, Cecil Cooper hit a clutch 2-run single to put the Brewers on top and proved to be a game winner.
He was helped by five blocks by Alonzo Mourning ( the Heat had over 10 team blocks in the game even though they were averaging a little over 2 blocks in the series ) and clutch shooting by James Posey, who drained a three pointer which put the Heat ahead by six with 3 minutes to go.
Paxson proved to be a valuable 3-point marksman and clutch shooter in the Bulls ' first 3 championships.
It has a clutch size of 3 to 4 eggs, with the chicks fledging time of 48 days with an average nesting success of 1. 32 chicks per nest.
The female lays a clutch of about 3 smooth, oval, white eggs and both parents incubate ; chicks hatch one at a time rather than all together.
The clutch is 3 – 5 glossy whitish eggs, averaging in size, which are tinged with buff, cream or light-green and marked with small brown blotches ; they are incubated by the female for 14 – 21 days before hatching.
A study of three different European populations showed a mean clutch size of 3. 6 eggs, producing 2. 6 chicks, of which 1. 9 fledged.
The clutch numbers 3 – 9 eggs, typically around 7, with North American clutches tending to be larger on average than European ones.
A clutch of 3 – 6 eggs is laid from September to November ( depending on latitude ) and are pale green spotted with various shades of brown.
After about one week of courtship and nest-building, the female lays a clutch of usually 2 or 3 eggs, sometimes just one, sometimes up to six.
The clutch is generally between 2 and 5 eggs, most often 3 or 4, but clutches of up to seven eggs have been recorded.
Funny cars have a fixed gear ratio of 3. 20: 1 and have a reversing gear ; power is transmitted from engine to final drive through a multiple staged clutch which provides progressive incremental lockup as the run proceeds.
The sandpiper lays a clutch of 3 – 5 eggs in abandoned tree nests of songbird species, such as those of thrushes.
Several reviews report eastern towhee clutch sizes from 2 to 6 eggs, with means ranging from 2. 45 to 3. 6 eggs per nest.
Eastern towhees in 2 pitch pine ( P. rigida ) barrens sites in New Jersey and New York had a later median egg laying date ( mid-June ) and significantly ( p < 0. 05 ) smaller average early nest clutch sizes ( NJ = 2. 67, NY = 3. 25 ) than those in an oak-hickory ( Carya spp.
) site, which had a median egg-laying date in early June and an average early nest clutch size of 3. 88.
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Average egg size ( for the mute swan ) is 113 × 74 mm, weighing 340 g, in a clutch size of 4 to 7, and an incubation period of 34 – 45 days.
The track is a dirt surface laid out over the athletics track and is officially 404m long with a track record of 69. 4 seconds ( 4 laps clutch start ).
W. A. Edwards wrote of Webster's plays in Scrutiny II ( 1933 – 4 ): " Events are not within control, nor are our human desires ; let's snatch what comes and clutch it, fight our way out of tight corners, and meet the end without squealing.
Within 10 days the clutch is full, the average clutch size is 8 eggs but may amount up to 12, rarely only 4 or 5 eggs.
Approximately 4 to 7 white eggs are found in a typical clutch, but clutch size can reach up to a dozen eggs in years when voles are abundant.
Huia appear to have raised just one brood per season ; the number of eggs in a clutch is variously described as being 3 – 5, 4, 2 – 4 and 1 – 4.
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