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113. RED-BILLED TROPIC BIRD (From Brehm). 



The Red-billed Tropic Bird occurs along the Pacific coast of South America, in 

 the West Indies, and as far north as Cape St. Lucas. In one instance it is said to 

 have straggled to Newfoundland, Hreeds on the various islands off the coast of 

 Mexico. Its breeding habits arc said to be like tbose of tin- Yellow-billed species. 



'ggs are creamy- white with a purplish tinge, marked with fine dots of chest nut- 

 brown. The sizes vary from ; in length by !.:,: to 1.7" in breadth. 



BLUE-FACED BOOBY. Huhi tuntnjtx Sund. Geog. Dist. South Pacific, 

 West Indies and Southern Florida. 



i hat resemble very closely the cormorants, and. 

 be said to look like geese a name often applied to them. The\ 

 heavy sea-birds, noted for their vigorous protracted flight. They procure their 



i height, completely submerging them.- 



al minutes. The I inhabits t! !M |> ;i ,.jr,,- 



n as far southwest as Australia. In some of the islands of the I'aumotu 



deposits its eggs on the dry sandy beaches of lagoons. M.nh 



sexes incubate. When a colony of these birds is disturbed none of them leave their 



ravely at their stations, and his.; at the intruder like a domestic 



goose, on the Bahamas this species nests in the latter part of March, laying always 



