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TOTIPALMATE BIRDS. 



I^, A.) Q-j 



fully webbed, fig. 28 ; external nostrils, present. Single egg, 

 placed in a cavity on rocky cliffs Fie-. 27. 



of oceanic islands; purplish- 

 brown, sprinkled and spotted 

 with darker brown. Flight, di- 

 rect, steady; wing-beats, rapid, 

 but the birds can turn in air and 

 circle with ease. Procure their 

 nrey by diving like Terns. Cries, , 



loud and harsh. Gregarious when breeding, solitary at oth- 

 er times. Tropical and subtropical. Sexes, similar. 



Yicr 28 a. Long-tailed Tropic 



Birds. Phaethon. 

 Characters as in A 

 1. YELLOW-BILLED TROP- 



IC BIRD, P- AxMEKICANUS. 28.00 



to 30.00; bill yellow or orange; 

 plumage, especially beneath, well 

 tinged with salmon-pink which 

 becomes deeper on the elongated 



E, A, 



tail feathers; curved mark on 

 side of head, patch on wing, 

 near back, and one near termi- 

 nal portion of primaries, pur- 

 plish-black. Young, without 

 the greatly elongated central 

 tail feathers, and are more or 

 less banded above with black. 

 Breeds in the West Indies, Ba- 

 hamas, and Bermudas in May ; 

 occasional in Florida ; accident- 

 al in western N. Y. 



2. RED-BILLED TROPIC 

 BIRD, P. AETHEREUS. Differs 



from 1 in being a little larger, , ^ ^ * +i 



30 00 to 35.00; the bill is coral-red; the elongated tail feath- 

 fers, white. Coasts of tropical America; breeds on islands 



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