. Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their allies; order Tubinares and order Steganopodes . rsed her young with all possible tenderness, disgorgedsome food into the mouth of each, and coaxed them with her bill andwings. The little ones seemed very happy, billed with their mother,and caressed her about the breast. They grow rapidly and are fedby both parents who convey the partially digested fish in theircapacious gullets. Into these the young thrust their heads andnecks and forage to their hearts content. Plumages.—The young are not objects of beauty, as they appearto be
. Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their allies; order Tubinares and order Steganopodes . rsed her young with all possible tenderness, disgorgedsome food into the mouth of each, and coaxed them with her bill andwings. The little ones seemed very happy, billed with their mother,and caressed her about the breast. They grow rapidly and are fedby both parents who convey the partially digested fish in theircapacious gullets. Into these the young thrust their heads andnecks and forage to their hearts content. Plumages.—The young are not objects of beauty, as they appearto be all legs, feet, and head and are naked and of a dark leadencolor; this also is the general color of their bill, eyes, and feet. Laterthey become clothed with a sooty colored down. When three or fourweeks old, before they are able to fly, they take to the water and atthis time, according to Lucas (1897) the external nostrils, which havebeen open, become closed as in the adult. The juveniles, when fullyfeathered, have a brownish gray back, a dark brown breast, and in U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 121 PL. 43. < UJ CC HI o i I o S: O H
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