_Dysporus piscator_ Hartlaub, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1867
(1868), p. 831 (Pelew); Hartlaub and Finsch, Proc. Zool. Soc.
London, 1868, pp. 9, 118 (Pelews); _idem_, Proc. Zool. Soc.
London, 1872, p. 90 (Pelew); Finsch, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, 8,
1875, pp. 6, 47 (Palau).
_Sula piscatrix_ Wiglesworth, Abhandl. und Ber. Zool. Mus.
Dresden, no. 6, 1890-1891 (1891), p. 72 (Pelew, Luganor);
Oustalet, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, (3), 8, 1896, p. 64
(Rota, Palaos, Carolines); Hartert, Novit. Zool., 5, 1898, p. 68
(Marianne); Safford, Osprey, 1902, p. 70 (Rota); _idem_, The Plant
World, 7, 1904, p. 267 (Guam); _idem_, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb., 9,
1905, p. 80 (Guam); _idem_, Guam, 1912, p. 19 (Guam); Cox, Island
of Guam, 1917, p. 22 (Guam).
_Sula piscator_ Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. Birds British Mus., 26, 1898,
p. 432 (Pelew); Seale, Occ. Papers Bernice P. Bishop Mus., 1, 1901,
p. 24 (Guam).
_Piscatrix sula rubripes_ Kuroda, in Momiyana, Birds Micronesia,
1922, p. 34 (Pelew, Luganor, Rota).
_Sula sula rubripes_ Hand-list Japanese Birds, rev., 1932, p. 185
(Medinilla, Saipan, Rota, Palau, Lukunor, Likieb); Bryan, Guam
Rec., vol. 13, no. 2, 1936, p. 15 (Guam); Yamashina, Tori, 10,
1940, p. 676 (Maug, Bikar); Hand-list Japanese Birds, 3d ed.,
1942, p. 208 (Maug, Medinilla, Saipan, Rota, Palau, Lukunor,
Bikar, Likieb).
_Geographic range._--Indian Ocean east to central Pacific islands.
In Micronesia: Mariana Islands--Maug, Medinilla, Saipan, Rota;
Palau Islands--exact locality unknown; Caroline Islands--Lukunor;
Marshall Islands--Bikar, Likieb, Bikini, Eniwetok.
_Characters._--Adult: A large sea bird with plumage of variable
color, mainly white or partly buff with black primaries and
black-tipped secondaries, or grayish or brownish with white or
grayish tail; throat blackish; face blue or green; bill bluish and
lighter at tip; legs and feet red.
Immature: Resembles adult, but often wholly brownish, lighter
ventrally; bill blackish; feet yellowish red. Immature resembles
that of _S. leucogaster_.
_Nesting._--Morrison obtained a male nestling at Bikini on May 3,
1946.
_Specimens examined._--Total number, 10 (3 males, 7 females) from
Marshall Islands, USNM--Bikini (April 28, May 1, 2, 3).
_Remarks._--The writer saw several birds approximately 20 miles east of
Eniwetok on January 7, 1945. Morrison obtained a series of birds at
Bikini in April and May, 1946. Murphy (1936:861-870) presents a wealth
of information concerning the bird. He points out the need for a better
understanding of the plumages of the adult birds and gives evidence that
the birds of different colors may occur within the same population. He
describes the Red-footed Booby as nesting in trees and shrubs. This type
of nesting environment is present at many of the islands in Micronesia.
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