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THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 
Notes .—Also called Takupu. A fairly common species off the coasts 
Similar in habits and economy to the other species of Gannets. Breeds in 
colonies on islands in Bass Strait, off Tasmania, on Lawrence Rock (off 
Portland, Victoria), and on the North Island of New Zealand. 
Nest .—Usually a well-built structure, composed of kelp, twigs grass 
and other plants, placed on a flat cone-shaped mound of earth and giiano.’ 
Eggs .—One or two, pale bluish-white, thickly coated with lime - gen¬ 
erally nest-stained and scratched by the feet and toes of the sitting-’ bird 
Breeding-season: July to January. s 
21. Masked Gannet Sula dactylatra Lesson 
dac-ty-la -tra —Gk, dactylon, finger; L., alra, black. 
a Distribution. Seas of north-western, northern, and north-eastern 
Australia; occurs generally in the tropical seas. 
Notes. -Also called Masked Booby and Blue-faced Boobv. It is 
similar in habits and economy to the other species of Gannets. Breeds in 
colonies on Bedout Adele, and Raine Islands off the Australian coasts 
tropkTl oceans? ° rf ° lk ISlandS ’ and als ° ° n isolated islands in ^ 
Nest - A depression in the sand or earth, around which twigs grass 
or weeds are strewn, and added to as incubation proceeds. g ’ g ’ 
1 - ^ff;r U l Ual,y two * pale hhiish-white, more or less covered with 
Brecding-seaso i 1 Tulvfn Tie ^ ° nly 0116 - voung one is reared 
the locality J y ° December > or later according to the season and 
22. Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus Gmelin 
Puff-m-us— N.L., puffinus, puffin: pacificus— of the Pacific Ocean. 
^^ropi^Han^^e^-troiri^I 0 Indian F and’ Pacific 
mainland, especially along the Great B^rrier'lLT ,ymg off the 
in incubation, one remaining- silenilv ; n .1 , vCe ^- Both sexes take part 
ranges the ocean for food which consists 16 f burro '?'.. aI da >’- while its mate 
ceans, and other floating or surface living - ma 1 fish and st l UIfJs > crusta- 
Wlow in t T. “ 
with a lt» pieces o[ grass or teathere 1 '"^' 0 "' ° r ln a n:ilural ca ' , ‘Vi lined 
hemisphere)y*May to MarC '’ (s0U,her ” 
