. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. Sintrn AMEiticAS Hiitns. 78 :ou8ts 1 and msin, lican, Weat lying picaj mm, fiken igate je of 'isits nnd n on BStic y be. It I'JH. Man-o'-War Bird, in ilovnward flifi'.i known by its immenbe wings und deeply forked tall, and coIofb of black, glossed with green. It is a constant resident of the Bahamas, brocd,- >; oa so'.ie ot llie Keys in March. One of tho best descriptions ever written con'eiu ng tlsi nesting and general habits of this species is that by Walter E. Uryant, ei. If
. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. Sintrn AMEiticAS Hiitns. 78 :ou8ts 1 and msin, lican, Weat lying picaj mm, fiken igate je of 'isits nnd n on BStic y be. It I'JH. Man-o'-War Bird, in ilovnward flifi'.i known by its immenbe wings und deeply forked tall, and coIofb of black, glossed with green. It is a constant resident of the Bahamas, brocd,- >; oa so'.ie ot llie Keys in March. One of tho best descriptions ever written con'eiu ng tlsi nesting and general habits of this species is that by Walter E. Uryant, ei. Ifled: "Rookery of Man-o'-\Vnr lUrciS," in Tin Mtluloni'^l, Septemliei. 189^. From tlii: article I take the following interesting facts: I'poii il»c nianp es bordering a irnall Ingoon on the eastern side of Santa Margarita island, on ihe islands nrniing '! ' spacious harbor of Magdalena Bay, Baja, t^ilifornia, h. .»nd an extensive colony of this species in 18S8-9. If the imagination (m picture twice and three times the number of birds which appear in the illustratio ! will form but a partial conception of the number of individuals congn gated about the lagoon a tidal body of water a few hundred yards in length and not more ,:niain. but most of the nests have more or less projecting bits of twigs which keep the egg In place. The nest shown In the illustration had "rdbably been used once or twice, as ii is heavily Incrusted with guano of young l)iri and Is of more than average t!hick- \m. 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 Davie, Oliver. Columbus [Ohio] : Landon Press
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