NODDY 
79. Anous stolidus. 15 in. 
Adults with the crown silvery-white, the rest of the 
plumage being scoty-brown; the bill, feet and line to 
the eye are black. The plumage of these beautiful birds 
is very soft and pleasing to the eye. They look to be 
gentle and confiding, and a closer acquaintance shows 
that they are. They will frequently allow themselves 
to be touched with the hand before they leave their 
nests. They are abundant in some of the Bahaman and 
West Indian Islands, where they nest in company with 
other species. 
Notes.—A hoarse reedy “cack” increasing to a gut- 
tural “k-r-r-r-r-r-r-r.” (Chapman). 
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Nest.—Of sticks and grasses, placed at low elevations 
in the tops of trees and bushes, or upon the ground. 
The single egg that they lay is buffy, spotted with black 
and brown. (2.00 x 1.30). 
Range.—Breeds north to the Bahamas and on Bird 
Key near Key West; rarely wanders on the Atlantic 
coast to South Carolina. 
