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ster each, and the third two. On northern Indefatigable, No- 

 vember 25, nests with young were observed in the mangroves 

 and also on the ground. On Jervis Island, December 18, a 

 young bird in the down was found in a nest in a low bush at 

 the top of a beach. At Academy Bay, Indefatigable Island, 

 in early November, young were observed in nests built at least 

 twenty feet above the ground in the mangroves. In the mid- 

 dle of the following January the same birds were observed 

 fishing, apparently under the supervision of their parents, 

 whose example they followed in diving into the water. 



On March 12, a few miles west of Villamil, Albemarle 

 Island, four occupied nests were found in the low mangroves 

 fringing the rocky shore. They were built in the usual bulky 

 style, and the two which were examined each contained three 

 incubated eggs. At Banks Bay, Albemarle, April 11, three 

 nests were found in some small mangroves about eight feet 

 high. They were shallow, built of sticks, lined with grass, 

 and placed very little above the high-water mark. One had 

 naked youngsters in it; the second contained three eggs; and 

 the third was new. 



In the middle of July, at Academy Bay, the same nests 

 which had young in them the previous November, again con- 

 tained partly-fledged, squawking youngsters, eight months 

 only having elapsed since the previous brood. They were 

 fed by running their bills well into the parent's pouch and 

 gulping in the food. 



Brown Pelicans bathe after the manner of most water-birds, 

 by beating the water with their wings. They were occa- 

 sionally "decoyed" to wounded birds. One day two or three 

 of this species and several Man-o'-war Birds flocked about 

 when a Blue-footed Booby was shot. As a rule the pelicans 

 did not associate with other species. Once or twice, how- 

 ever, they were observed fishing along with Blue-footed 

 Boobies, and at times roosting with them. 



It was not unusual to see several Noddies fluttering ex- 

 citedly about a pelican when it was fishing, and often sitting 

 on its head^ while it swallowed the fish. Once I saw two on 

 a pelican's head at one time. The pelicans never seemed to be 

 annoyed, nor did the Noddies ever get any fish so far as I 



iCf. Audubon, Orn. Biog., v. 3, pp. 379. 380; v. 5, p. 213; Wells, Auk, v., 19, 

 p. 242. 



