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a good sunshade under which we were glad to get shelter while working for the sun was very hot. We went out for a tramp at once & found the gannet's nests eggs placed in little hollows in the sand or earth. On the low ground about the cave where we landed but not elsewhere. These were gray necked gannets. Another species with black necks were common on rocks facing the sea but were not nesting. Tropic Birds were nesting commonly in small holes in the rocks or even on open shelves where the overarching cliff sheltered them from the sun. They would refuse to leave their eggs but fought & screamed as one disturbed them. They had only a single egg. The yg. were also bold fighters screaming loudly with loud raucous cries as one approached their nests. On the wing these are beautiful birds of sweeping tern-like flight. Their eggs are laid on bare rock. The male roosts beside the brooding female at night & at sunrise I saw both birds sitting side by side in front of the mouth to their cave. A little later the male starts off fishing at sea & [[strikethrough]] brings [[/strikethrough]] returns about midday or later. As I took females on the eggs at all hours of the day I think he brings food & finds his mate as I saw done by the gannets. The males of the latter [[strikethrough]] come [[/strikethrough]] leave at daybreak & by sunrise the males are all at sea. They return between 11 am & 3 P.M. and each one