. Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their allies; order Tubinares and order Steganopodes . he mangioves, amidst those of the brown pelican and Floridacormorant. As these birds are much disturbed by the inhabitants, their breed-ing places will probably be given up in a few years. On the central and highestpart of Booby Key a colony of about 200 pairs was breeding. The nests herewere on the bare rock and closely grouped together, the whole not occupyinga space more than 40 feet square. There were no boobies amongst them,though thousands were breeding on the key. The large
. Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their allies; order Tubinares and order Steganopodes . he mangioves, amidst those of the brown pelican and Floridacormorant. As these birds are much disturbed by the inhabitants, their breed-ing places will probably be given up in a few years. On the central and highestpart of Booby Key a colony of about 200 pairs was breeding. The nests herewere on the bare rock and closely grouped together, the whole not occupyinga space more than 40 feet square. There were no boobies amongst them,though thousands were breeding on the key. The largest breeding place visitedby me is situated on Seal Island, one of the Ragged Island keys, and is 5 or 6acres in extent. The nests, thickly crowded together, were placed on the topsof prickly pear, which covered the ground with an almost impenetrable the 8th of April the young were hatched in half of the nests, the largestabout one-third grown; the other nests contained eggs more or less of many hundreds, I procured only 7 that were freshly laid. U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 121 PL. 67.
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