. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. Till, HIHU Hf)OK TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS. Order IV. STEGANOPODES TROPIC BIRDS. Family PHAETHONTIDAE Tropic lllrdH ure Tern-like birds, IiuvIiik all the toes connertod by n weh. iind having tlie two central tail feathers very much ieiiRthened. II'.'. ^'ki,\\- Thiipk KiHii. I'hirlluiH amrriranuii. ItanKe. Tropical regions. hreedlliK in the »a- iianias. West Indies and the Iterinudas. -asual in I'lor
. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. Till, HIHU Hf)OK TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS. Order IV. STEGANOPODES TROPIC BIRDS. Family PHAETHONTIDAE Tropic lllrdH ure Tern-like birds, IiuvIiik all the toes connertod by n weh. iind having tlie two central tail feathers very much ieiiRthened. II'.'. ^'ki,\\- Thiipk KiHii. I'hirlluiH amrriranuii. ItanKe. Tropical regions. hreedlliK in the »a- iianias. West Indies and the Iterinudas. -asual in I'lorida and along the South Atlantic coast The Tropic Ulrds are the most Ktrikingly heuutiful of all the sea birds; the> are about 30 Inches in length, of which tlieir long slender tail takes about JO Inches. They tly with the eaxe and grace of a Tern, but with (|ul<'ker wing lieats. They feed on small tish, whiy ^,-. Hull piirpliKh darting down upon, and upon snails which they get from the lieach and ledges. They build their nests in the <revices and along the ledges of the rocky cliffs. While gregarious to a certain ex- tent they are not nearly as much so as the Terns, The nest is made of a mass of seaweed and weeds; but one egg is laid, this being of a creamy or pale purplish ground color, dotted and sprinkled with I'hestnut. so thickly as to often obscure the ground <olor. Size '.'.10 xl.*.";. Data. Coney Is., Kermudas May I. 1901. Nest made of moss and ledge of cliff. Collector, A, H. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert), 1876-1912. Toronto : Musson
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