INDEX TO VERTEBRATE SPECIES 



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Gaviae (GAVIIDAE): Divers or loons, 22, 

 32-34, 36, 120, 131 



Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan): Red- 

 throated diver, 23, 295. G. arctica (Lin- 

 naeus): Black-throated diver, 23, 295. 

 G. immer (Briinnich): Loon, or great 

 northern diver, 23, 114, 295. G. adamsii 

 (G. R. Gray): White-billed northern 

 diver, 23 ,25, 295 

 Steganopodes: Steganopodes, or pelecani- 



form birds, 32-35, 37, 170, 197-221 



PHAETHONTIDAE: Tropic-birds, 8, 9, 

 33> 35» 120, 197, 199, 211 

 Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus: Red-billed 

 tropic-bird, 19, 20, 23, 217 map, 220, 

 22 1', 292. P. lepturus Daudin: White- 

 tailed tropic-bird, 12, 19, 21, 23, 217 

 map, 220, 221, 293 



FREGATIDAE: Frigate-, or man-o'-war 

 birds, 9, 33, 35, 120, 197, 200, 204, 206, 

 210, 212 



Fregata magnificens Mathews: Magnifi- 

 cent frigate-bird, 9, 10, 19-21, 23, 198, 

 199, 204, 205, 218-20, 228, 293 



PHALACROCORACIDAE: Cormorants 

 and Darters 



Phalacrocoracinae: Cormorants, 32, 33, 

 35» I7i» 197, 204, 210, 212, 213, 

 215, 218, 245 



Phalacrocorax auritus (Lesson): Double- 

 crested cormorant, 10-14, 23, 58, 61, 

 197, 198, 204, 205, 206 map, 212, 215, 

 287, 293. P. olivaceus (Humboldt): 

 Mexican, or bigua cormorant, 8-1 1, 23, 

 206 map, 293. P. sulcirostris (Brandt): 

 Little black cormorant, 198. P. car bo 

 Lirmaeus: (Common, European) Cor- 

 morant, 13, 15-20, 23, 58, 114, 117, 118, 

 131, 184, 199, 201, 205-07, 209, 21 1-15, 

 214 map, 293. P . penicillatus (Brandt): 

 Brandt's cormorant, 205. P. aristotelis 

 (Linnaeus): Shag, 15-17, I9> 21, 23 34, 

 g2, 96, 118, 131, 184, 197-99, 201, 

 204-06, 206 map, 209, 211, 212, 293. 

 P. bougainvillii (Lesson): Guanay, 198, 



215 



Halietor africanus (Gmelm): Reed-cor- 

 morant, 19, 21-23, 20G map, 293. 

 H. pygmeus (Pallas): Pigmy cormorant, 

 18, 19, 25, 293 



Nannopterum harrisi (Rothschild) : Flight- 

 less cormorant, 213 

 Anhinginae: Darters, 33, 35, 197 

 Anhinga anhinga (Linnaeus): Darter, 

 water-turkey, snake-bird, 10, 11, 19, 

 21-23, 293 

 SULIDAE: Gannets, boobies, 8, 9, 32, 33, 

 35» i97> 199-201, 206, 209-11, 219, 245 

 Sula bassana (Linnaeus) : Northern gannet, 

 13, 14, 16-18, 23, 34, 52,55, 56-58, 61, 



64, 70, 79-85, 80 graph, 84, 93, 94, 

 97-102, 107, no. III, 122, 124, 131-33, 

 135, 138, 141, 158, 163, 167, 170-74, 

 176, ig6, IQ7, 200-13, 202 map, 203 

 map, 216, 218, 223, 229, 241, 242, 254, 

 269, 270, 276, 293. S. capensis (Lich- 

 tenstein): Cape gannet, 29, 203 map, 

 215, 296. S. senator (G. R. Gray): 

 Australasian gannet, 203 map. S. dactyl- 

 atra Lesson: Blue-faced booby, 23, 120, 

 131, 132, 140, 212, 216-78, 217 map, 

 293. S. sula (Linnaeus): Red-footed 

 booby, 9, 10, 23, 120, 131, 216-20, 217 

 map, 293. S. leucogaster (Boddaert): 

 Brown booby, 8, 10, 19-21, 23, 120, 

 133, 140, 216-18, 217 map, 293 

 PELECANIDAE: PeHcans, 35, 197, 199, 

 204, 205, 208-10, 212 

 Pelecanus onocrotalus Linnaeus: White 

 pelican 19, 21-23, 293. P. rufescens 

 Gmelin: Pink-backed, or grey pelican, 

 19, 21-23, 293. P. roseus Gmelin: 

 Crested pelican 18, 19, 25, 293. 

 P. erythrorhynchos Gmelin: American 

 white pelican, 11, 23, 58, 61, 198, 293. 

 P. occidentalis Linnaeus: Brown pelican, 

 9-12, 23, 85, 197-201, 215, 216, 293 

 Falcones: Diurnal birds of prey, 33 



ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, eagles, etc., 

 162, 193, 232 



Accipiter gentilis (Linnaeus): Goshawk, 

 112. A. nisus (Linnaeus): Sparrow- 

 hawk, 1 1 2 



Buteo buteo (Linnaeus): Common buz- 

 zard, 112 



Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus): Golden 

 eagle, 1 1 2 



Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus): Bald 

 eagle, 112. H. albicilla (Linnaeus): 

 White-tailed eagle, 112, 236. 

 Circus cyaneus (Linnaeus): Hen-harrier, 

 117. C. aeruginosas (Linnaeus): Marsh- 

 harrier, 1 1 2 

 FALCONIDAE: Falcons 



Falco rusticolus Linnaeus: Gyr-falcon, 

 112. F. peregrinus Tunstall: Peregrine, 

 no. F. columbarius Linnaeus: Merlin, 

 112. 

 CATHARTIDAE: New World vultures 

 Coragyps atratus (Bechstein): Black vul- 

 ture, 219 

 Gressores: Herons, ibises and storks, 33 

 ARDEIDAE: Herons, 33 



Ardea cinerea Linnaeus: Heron, 205, 264 

 THRESKIORNITHIDAE: Ibises, etc., 33 

 Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus: Spoonbill, 

 205 

 CICONIIDAE: Storks, 33 

 Phoenicopteri {PHOENICOPTERIDAE): 

 Flamingos, 33 



