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--'f th - behaviour of the BlacV 
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jj'ii iti , w i oui - ou ou e tay on ascension Island wi tli tiio 
BOU Expedition, I had the o.. ortunity to observe aoviethlng of 
the hr bite of the Blech WoddJ Anc-^^jtoSiiJe about *hlch very 
HA€+cUt**u | 
11 • * ra to have been public hod j^hirohy). * 
Bike u st of 
seabirds of Ascension, with the notable 
exception of Stgrna fuecata, the Black Noddy breeds core densely 
on .tkx little stacks offshore than on the pain Island. 
Preda tiOn 
by feral cats it proba ly responsible for this, as mi be die- 
ouastd elsewhere In the t-x ; editions ‘s publioat i b* 
mile it 
was '-os 3 ibi 9 to se * thing of the Noddles nt ting on the smaller 
fltao ’- s « ’ o s t of these neats wen practically ir-orrible to reach. 
or r/ori ao roach. More conven/ierit for study were the birds breed- 
ing on Boat sir* In Bird Island , a large ioltt/ 300 feet high end 
a few hundred y?r ds across, lying close to the east end of 
AsceQilon. '%lle ramy h undreds of nest here on the 
seaward-facing cliffs drooping vertically Into the water, others 
can be easily watched at a distance of a few yard? and^cceasible. 
using a short ladder If necessary. lost of the observations 
t-> ne described wer. r:ads on a section of cliff on Boatswain 
Bird Island, the account being based on about vg hours Wftching, 
Breeding so 00 a. 
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ne of the of -in nuooses of the exoofitlon »a, to oeoertalh 
the time of brerdln? of the birda of Ascension, lncludlnj the 
fsc-us 9.6 ra nth cycle of Sterne fuecata . Information on this 
BUbjelt 13 etll Ing collected by the ort jc:.\ : U . sbllahed 
Mit* rf. -a. -W.~. ,*u. [ tfta _ k a, , ■, 
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