. Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their allies; order Tubinares and order Steganopodes . Bermuda Islands. A. O. W^f> Bermuda Islands. Yellow-billed Tropic-bird. For description see page 332. LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN PETRELS AND PELICANS. 185 the region of the head and rump. The distinguishing features ofthis plumage are well illustrated in the photograph reproduced inthe accompanying plate. Just how long this plumage is worn doesnot seem to be known, but probably the adult plumage is acquiredbefore the end of the first year. Of the molts and plumage
. Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their allies; order Tubinares and order Steganopodes . Bermuda Islands. A. O. W^f> Bermuda Islands. Yellow-billed Tropic-bird. For description see page 332. LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN PETRELS AND PELICANS. 185 the region of the head and rump. The distinguishing features ofthis plumage are well illustrated in the photograph reproduced inthe accompanying plate. Just how long this plumage is worn doesnot seem to be known, but probably the adult plumage is acquiredbefore the end of the first year. Of the molts and plumages of theadult I have been unable to learn anything. Food.—Regarding the food and feeding habits of the yellow-billedtropic bird, Doctor Gross (1912) writes: The food of the tropic-bird consists chiefly of marine animals, which In themajority of cases are secured by diving. The birds go on long foraging flights,wandering, according to some observers, as far as 50 miles from land. On ourreturn trip to New York in 1910 a lone individual was seen which was estimatedto be 150 miles distant from Bermuda, and on June 25, 1911, I saw two of thes
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