. Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their allies; order Tubinares and order Steganopodes . Baliaiiia Islaiiils F. M. Chapman. -, ^^lanjpr • ^^^^HHH L . ^ «pfip| ^•■■•■^*c ■ :5M^-■■■ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^■Br^tPm^EiflH^R^^^^KB Bahama Islands. F. M. Chapman. Audubon Shearwater. For description see p*ge 330 LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN PETRELS aNd PELICANS. 75 age by millimeters; the eggs showing the four extremesmeasure by , by , and 50 by 34 millimeters. Young.—Incubation is carried on by both parents, and before theegg is laid both occupy t
. Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their allies; order Tubinares and order Steganopodes . Baliaiiia Islaiiils F. M. Chapman. -, ^^lanjpr • ^^^^HHH L . ^ «pfip| ^•■■•■^*c ■ :5M^-■■■ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^■Br^tPm^EiflH^R^^^^KB Bahama Islands. F. M. Chapman. Audubon Shearwater. For description see p*ge 330 LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN PETRELS aNd PELICANS. 75 age by millimeters; the eggs showing the four extremesmeasure by , by , and 50 by 34 millimeters. Young.—Incubation is carried on by both parents, and before theegg is laid both occupy the hole together. Bonhote (1903) says theparent apparently does not brood the young, but merely sits besideit during the first day or two of its existence, after Avhich it is leftalone during the daytime. Plumages.—The downy young is of a dusky gray color, whitishon the abdomen. The adult is only 12 inches in length while thegreater shearwater is 20 inches. The upper parts including the wingsand tail are a dark, sooty, brownish black; the under parts white;the sides of the breast gr
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