NODDY 

 79. Anous stolidus. 15 in. 



Adults with the crown silvery-white, the rest of the 

 plumage being sooty-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). 



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. (2.00x1.30). 



Range. Breeds north to the Bahamas and on Bird 

 Key near Key West; rarely wanders on the Atlantic 

 coast to South Carolina, 



