332 LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTEKN NOKTH AMKRICA. 



ORDER 5TEQANOPODES. 



Totopalmate Swimmers. 

 FAMILY PHAETHONTID/E. Tropic Birds. 



x ' u GENUS PHAETHON. LINN. 



No. 



72(11-.') PHABTHON AMER1CANUS. (ii.vNi. Yellow=billed Tropic Bird. 



Common in West Indies, where it breeds otT Florida coast in summer; 

 accidental in New York (one record). 



73 (113) PHAETHON /ETHEREUS. LINN. Red-billed Tropic Bird. 



Accidental on Newfoundland Banks. 



FAMILY SULID/E. Qannets. 



GENTS SULA. BRISS. 



74 (lit) SULA CYANOPS. Si ND. Blue-faced Booby. 



Accidental on Florida coast; not uncommon in West Indies. 

 75(11.") SULA SULA. (LiNN.) Booby. 



Tropical species ; common in West Indies ; coast of Florida, in summer ; 



accidental, north to Long Island. 



76(111',) SULA PISCATOR. (LiNN.) Red-footed Booby. 

 Tropical species ; accidental on Florida coast. 



srnuKNi-s DYSPORUS. ILLIGER. 



77 (117) SULA BASSANA. (LiNN.) Qannet. 



Coasts of North Atlantic Ocean; south, in winter, to Florida and Gulf of 

 Mexico ; breeds from shores of Nova Scotia and (iulf of St. Lawrence, 

 northward. 



FAMILY ANHINQID^E. Darters. 



GENCS ANHINQA. liuiss. 



78 (Us) ANHINGA ANHINQA. (LiNN.) Anhinga. 



Tropical America; common in Florida; casual, north to South Carolina ; 



accidental in Illinois. 



FAMILY PHALACROCORACID^E. Cormorants. 



GKNTS PHALACROCORAX. Bmss. 



79 (119) PHALACROCORAX CARBO. (LiNN.) Cormorant. 



\..rth Atlantic; south to Carolinas, in winter; at our time bred from 

 ls, northward:, now becoming much less numerous, and 



breeding raiiL r e restricted to few localities. 



