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32 LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA, 
ORDER STEGANOPODES. 
Totopalmate Swimmers. 
FAMILY PHAETHONTIDZE. Tropic Birds. 
Naa Genus PHAETHON. Livy. 
72 (112) PHAETHON AMERICANUS. Grant. Yeliow-billed Tropic Bird. 
Common in West Indies, where it breeds off Florida coast in summer ; 
accidental in New York (one record). 
73 (113) PHAETHON AETHEREUS. Lixy. Red-billed Tropic Bird. 
Accidental on Newfoundland Banks. 
FAMILY SULIDAE. Gannets. 
Genus SULA. Briss. 
74 (114) SULA CYANOPS. SwuNp. Blue-faced Booby. 
Accideutal 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 (116) SULA PISCATOR. (Lixn.) Red-footed Booby. 
Tropical species ; accidental on Florida coast. 
SUBGENUS DYSPORUS. ILLIGER. 
77 (117) SULA BASSANA. (LINN.) Gannet. 
Coasts of North Atlantic Qcean; south, in winter, to Florida and Gulf of 
Mexico; breeds from shores of Nova Scotia and Gulf of St. Lawrence, 
northward. 
FAMILY ANHINGIDAE. Darters, 
Genus ANHINGA. | Briss. 
78 (118) ANHINGA ANHINGA. (Linn.) Anhinga. 
Tropical America; common in Florida; casual, north to South Carolina ; 
accidental in Illinois. 
FAMILY PHALACROCORACIDAE. Cormorants. 
Grexus PHALACROCORAX. Briss. 
79 (119) PHALACROCORAX CARBO. (Liyy.) 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. 
