. Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their allies; order Tubinares and order Steganopodes . Pelican Island, Florida. A. C. Hulls Hay, South Carolina. Brown Pelican. For description see page LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN PETRELS AND PELICANS. 295 as the only breeding resort of brown pelicans on the east coast ofFlorida. In 1858 Doctor Bryant (1859) wrote: The most extensive breeding place was in a small island called PelicanIsland, about twenty miles north of Fort Capron. The nests here were placedon the tops of mangrove troos, which were about the size an
. Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their allies; order Tubinares and order Steganopodes . Pelican Island, Florida. A. C. Hulls Hay, South Carolina. Brown Pelican. For description see page LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN PETRELS AND PELICANS. 295 as the only breeding resort of brown pelicans on the east coast ofFlorida. In 1858 Doctor Bryant (1859) wrote: The most extensive breeding place was in a small island called PelicanIsland, about twenty miles north of Fort Capron. The nests here were placedon the tops of mangrove troos, which were about the size and shape of largeapple trees. Breeding in company with the pelicans were thousands of herons,Peale egret, the rufous egret, and little white egret, with a few pairs of thegreat blue heron and roseate spoonbills; and immense numbers of man-o-warbirds and white ibises were congregated upon the island. At the time of our visit all but a few scattered dead or dying blackmangrove trees and one cabbage palmetto had disappeared and eventhose have since succumbed. All of the birds but the pelicans havelong since gone, leaving the silent, dignified and stu
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