. Bird guide : water birds, game birds and birds of prey east of the Rockies . 55. NODDY 79. Anoits stolidus. 15 in. Adults with the crown silvery-wliite, the rest of thel)hin:age being sooty-brown; the bill, feet and line totlie eye are black. The plnniaoe of these beautiful birdsis very soft and pleasing to the eye. They look to begentle and confiding, and a closer acquaintance shows1 that they are. They will frequently allow themselves to be touched with the hand before they leave theirnests. They are abundant in some of the Bahaman andWest Indian Islands, wliere they nest in company withot
. Bird guide : water birds, game birds and birds of prey east of the Rockies . 55. NODDY 79. Anoits stolidus. 15 in. Adults with the crown silvery-wliite, the rest of thel)hin:age being sooty-brown; the bill, feet and line totlie eye are black. The plnniaoe of these beautiful birdsis very soft and pleasing to the eye. They look to begentle and confiding, and a closer acquaintance shows1 that they are. They will frequently allow themselves to be touched with the hand before they leave theirnests. They are abundant in some of the Bahaman andWest Indian Islands, wliere they nest in company withother species. Notes.—A hoarse reedy cack increasing to a gut-tuial k-r-r-r-r-r-r-r. (Chapman). Nest.—Of sticks and grasses, placed at low elevationsin the tops of trees and bushes, or upon the single egg that thev lay is buffv, spotted with blackand brown. ( ). Range.—Breeds north to the Bahamas and on BirdKey near Key West; rarely wanders on the Atlanticcoast to South Carolina. SKIMMERS—Family RynchopidaeBLACK SKIMMER 80. Rynchops nigra. 18 in. Thes
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