IvKI TO THK IJIKDS OK K\STKU\ SOUTH AMKUIOA. 



ORDER STEGANOPODE5. 



Gannets, Pelicans, Cormorants, etc. 



Toes, four, all connected by webs. 



FAMILY PHAETHONTID/E. 



Tropic Birds. 



Bill, sharp pointed ; chin, feathered ; toes, four, all 

 connected by webs. 



* Group 1. Wing, 9.50 to 13 inches long. 



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Kill, \ flli>\\ i -I i : ^ciicnil | ilt in 1:1 u'i'. \vliilc : outer \\ <)>- n[ iM-iui.-irir-i .-nnl If^cr \\ inu COVCl'tS, 

 liLic'k: iniilUh- t.Vil Ic.-iiln-r-, \-rv I'-uu': liill. \i-llu\v m- pule (ir:iii^<-: >li:ill- ci|' i.-iil lr:ii IHT-. 

 i.hirk. l'ii<i,-tliii americana. Yellow-billed Tropic Bird. 



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liill. n-il : II.-H-I^, liin-l\ li.'innl \\ ii h Itl.-n-U. l.'.-in' .-IJ-II^I^IIT. rrronlril IVtun Newfoundland 

 li.-uiU-. I'/,. i, 'tli, ,,i , i ih. ,- a*. Red-hilled Tropic liird. 



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