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I 14. Blue-faced Booby (Sida cyatiops). L. 28. Ads. 

 Body and lesser wing coverts white; central tail feath- 

 ers whitish, others dark brown. Yng. Above plain 

 dark grayish brown with some grayish streaks; below 

 white; flanks streaked with grayish. 



Range. — Tropical seas; north in America to Lower California and 

 Bahamas; casual in southern Florida. 



114. 1. Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii). L. 33. 

 Ads. Head, neck, and underparts white, the first two 

 streaked with grayish; back dusky brownish, tipped 

 with whitish; legs and feet bright blue. (GossJ 



Range: — Pacific coast of America, from Gulf of California to Gal- 

 apagos and Chili. (Cat. B. M.) 



I I 5. Booby [Sula stila). L. 30. Ads. Breast and 

 belly white; bill and feet yellow. Yng. Entirely 

 brownish, lighter below; bill blackish; feet yellow. 

 Notes. A harsh, guttural hork, hork. (Audubon). 



Range. — "Atlantic coasts of tropical and subtropical America, north 

 to Georgia. Also. West Pacific and Indian Oceans." (A. O. U.) Ac- 

 cidental on Long Island. No United States breeding record. 



I 15.1. Brewster Booby (Sula brewsteri). L. 

 30. Ads. Similar to No. 115, but head and neck 

 paler, bill blue, feet greenish. 



Range. — "Coasts and Islands of the eastern south Pacific Ocean, 

 north to Lower California; breeding as far north as Georges Island at 

 the head of the Gulf of California.' (A. O. U.) 



116. Bed-footed Booby (Sida piscator). L- 28. 

 Feet reddish. Ads. White; head and nape straw 

 color; primaries hoary gravish brawn', tail white. Yng. 

 Above sooty brown; head, neck, and lower parts light 

 smoky gray. (Ridgw.) 



Range. — Tropical seas, except Pacific coast of America (Cat. B. 

 M.); north in Atlantic to Bahamas and, rarely, southern Florida. 



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