332 LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



ORDER STEQANOPODES. 



Totopalmate Swimmers. 

 FAMILY PHAETHONTID^. Tropic Birds. 



^ o-u Genus PHAETHON. Linn. 



NO. 



72 (112) PHAETHON AMERICANUS. Grant. Yellowbilled Tropic Bird. 



Commou iu West Indies, where it breeds off Florida coast in summer ; 

 accidental in New York (one record). 



73 (113) PHAETHON /ETHEREUS. Linn. Red=bined Tropic Bird. 



Accidental on Newfoundland Banks. 



FAMILY SVUDJB, Gannets. 



Genus SULA. Briss. 



74 (114) SULA CYANOPS. Sund. Blue=faced Booby. 



Accidental on Florida coast; not uncommon in West Indies. 



75 (115) SULA SULA. (Linn.) Booby. 



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

 accidental, north to Long Island. 



76 (IIG) SULA PISCATOR. (Linn.) Red=footed Booby. 



Tropical species ; accidental on Florida coast. 



SuRGENUS DYSPORUS. Illiger. 



77 (117) SULA BASS AN A. (Linn.) Qannet. 



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

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

 northward. 



FAMILY ANHINQID/E. Darters, 



Genus ANHINGA. Briss. 



78 (118) ANHINGA ANHINGA. (Linn.) Anhinga. 



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

 accidental in Illinois. 



FAMILY PHALACROCORACID>e. Cormorants. 



Genus PHALACROCORAX. Briss. 



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



North Atlantic ; south to Carolinas, in winter ; at one time bred from 

 Massachusetts, northward ; now becoming much less numerous, and 

 breeding range restricted to few localities. 



