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During fch period I was r- ble to watch the Black Hod lies 
(D ecu other to February) their rn>in breed inr war wxkjex at an end, 
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On the study area 14 pairs had your- unable to fly tm.z on »6 
January; e uonth later all but two of these youn^ could fly and 
new 
only one j^palr had laid* However there were sany other birds 
resent at peak tinea in the uoraia t and evening over a hundred 
(Fig . |), . nd v-iuch sour to hi o a n i fi on tin. 5 weu seen thou 
few courtship feedings and only one copuli tton. 
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A 
■Tee ting, 
rtmmun “ft 1 ■' #«*4» 
The ‘Bla.c ■- Noddy nests on Ascension on 
■ jro ranee 3 on © tv p cl If £ s * I of tn c* $ $ - s i 3,rc co\r^ icq 1 
■ 
L ’• : ■■* . i ■ * - .- , >’* '• - ' ■■ * ■ t 
with a p ad of dried guano ~ — ; — lll“th I llttl.; — -i hr™'t ■» ■"{■• tori:-' 
I tXivuJ* ^ 
f* i,.- .Tn- *■ c t hangs d v-m in curious s t&l&Qtl te for 
A 
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u t c?^*>4lt4ll rainfall of A 1 ■ ■ : ^ -■■ 
s 
only c few Inches a year # the guano of e . ch costs in not w* svm-'-j 
o 3 
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1 t— i ■ 
orrl e-ch 
oceuuier of a ledge suds to the soeuttil* tion, which i« a o-eti 
oa 
■■.? thick, and often projects bey on " r - l ' :; - :J: ' 
, :■ 
break off freu the underlying rock, which 
)rov- nta the • growing indefinitely. r fho gut' no &ccu mates ^Gt* iso 
adults and of course, young defaece to while s’- a -ding on tne neot, 
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tr 2 — • * , “-r i . e 
^■- :■ - i ir 
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"xit-on . A it 
ttt ju«kt out 
■-••nd the r* nvr-o 
A*m( W QO i attwo^P ;<*. ja/UhUj 
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>/ feathers, M t iea ^ef b-th ofr*ofi 
I n- ♦ > n » ■ »t 
i* r - J £ o i’l 0 i? 
one /at a tine, either frou the land or the water. r n 
returnin'?' to the nest cl' if or th ipv-t icr 1 -• dropped .j t •« •. 1 
