PERU CURRENT 



Figure 4. PIQUERO. Sula variegata, "The lancer", weighs about 4 

 pounds, IS white-headed and whtte-bodied with variegated white and brown 

 wings and back, purple-blue bill and blue-gray legs This bird is the noisiest 

 and most numerous of the guano birds at the Peruvian islands and is a swift 

 and active flyer and a powerful diver. The lancer descends straight from the 

 blue, vanishes in a jet of foam in a spectacular plunge as he fishes for 

 anchovies in the cool current. 



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