NODDY. 



79. Anous stolidus. 15 in. 



Body sooty-brown. Crown silvery-white. 

 Bill and feet black. Tail rounded. 



Nest. Of sticks and grasses in mangroves 

 or on the ground. Single buffy eggs spotted 

 with black and brown 



Range. Tropical seas. Breeds on the 

 Fla. Keys, islands off the La. coast and the 

 West Indies. Winters south to Brazil. 

 BLACK SKIMMER. 



80. Rynchops nizra. 18 in. 



Above blackish, shading to jet black on 

 the crown. Forehead, underparts, outer tail 

 feathers and ends of secondaries white. 

 Bill orange-red, the lower mandible being 

 longer than the upper and thin like a knife 

 blade. 



Note. A hound-like baying. 



Nest. Two or three creamy-white eggs 

 spotted with black and gray. 



Range. Breeds on South Atlantic and 

 Gulf coasts. Wanders casually to Me. 



