Reproduction ; This species nests only in the groves of Cordia and 
Tournefortia t rees on the south and vest sides of the island. There are 
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six groves of Cordia trees and one of Tournefortia at the southland of 
the island, a large grove of Tournefortia trees on the vest side a mile 
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north of the lighthouse referred to as the "frigate colony," and 1©atiy/ / 
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a small dense grove of Cordia aC the "guano hill. " In July, 1964, 
percent of the nests vere located in th e- . se v en - g rovea^ef trees at the 
south end of the island, percent in "the frigate colony, " and dtfcf- 
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percent around the "guano hill." 
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occasional bird nestsdin the dead Cordia tree near the colonists' " 
Within ^the frigate colony" there is partial segregation of the *b6tW 
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In the Cordia- groves vhere the frigatebirds do not nest the 
