. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. TERNS 69 smoky-brown, grayish on abdomen ; upper wing-coverts and shoulders, tipped with white giving a spotty appearance; feathers of back, rump, and upper tail- coverts, margined with dull rufous; primaries and tail, black, the latter but little forked; bill, black above, dull reddish below; eyes and feet, dusky-red. Nest and Eggs.â On sandy beaches i to 3 esjss are dropped with slight attempt at a nest; the eggs are creani\ or buff, sparsely spotted and splashed with light lirown, X'andyke brown, and lavender. Distribution.â Tropical and subtropi
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. TERNS 69 smoky-brown, grayish on abdomen ; upper wing-coverts and shoulders, tipped with white giving a spotty appearance; feathers of back, rump, and upper tail- coverts, margined with dull rufous; primaries and tail, black, the latter but little forked; bill, black above, dull reddish below; eyes and feet, dusky-red. Nest and Eggs.â On sandy beaches i to 3 esjss are dropped with slight attempt at a nest; the eggs are creani\ or buff, sparsely spotted and splashed with light lirown, X'andyke brown, and lavender. Distribution.â Tropical and subtropical coasts, cept Pacific coast of South America; breeds from Florida, Louisiana, and Texas throughout the Bahamas, West Indies, and tropical islands of the Atlantic ; rarely north til Maine; winters from the Gulf coast to Brazil and the Falkland Islands. .â \s there is more or less similarity in the a])- pearance, habits, and habitat of the Noddv and .Sooty Terns it becomes projier as well as con- venient to treat the two species together. For most of the following facts, we are indebted to John P). ^^'atson's carefully prc|)ared monogra])h, " The Behavior of Noddy ;ui(l .Sooty Terns," this being one of the Papers fnnii the TortiKjas Laboratorv of the CaniCi/ic 1 ;t'itutiou of Jl'ash- fool, and that it is applied to the Tern in question because of the liird's tamencss or stupidity, es- pecially when on the nest. How much justifica- tion there is for this explanation will appear from Mr. ^^'atson's description of the Noddy's conduct during the nidification jieriod. As he shows, the name undoubtedly has reference to the bird's curious nodding habit, of which he gives the following description :. ^^. 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 Pearson, T. Gilbert (Thomas Gilbert)
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