30 GANNETS, PELICAl^S. 



2. BLUE-FACED GANNET, S. cyanops. 28.00; white; 

 primaries and their coverts, tail ( excepting central feath- 

 ers and base which are white), dark-brown; naked skin of 

 face, bluish. Young, head, neck and upper parts, dark- 

 brown ; rump, streaked with white ; lower parts, white, with 

 dusky streaks on flanks. Breeds from the Bahamas south- 

 ward in May ; wandering to Florida. 



[ Cory's Gannet, 5. coryi, which breeds on the northern 

 Cayman Islands, may be expected to occur as an occasional 

 visitor to the coast of the Gulf States. Differs from 2 in hav- 

 ing the tail wholly white. See Maynard's Contributions to 

 Science, vol. i, p. 40.] 



3. RED-FACED GANNET, S. piscator. 28.00 ; white ; 

 primaries, hoary-slate; naked space of face, yellowish or red. 

 Young, brown throughout, lighter beneath. Breeds on is- 

 lands in intertropical seas, wandering north to Florida. 



4. BOOBY, S. SULA. 30.50; head, neck, breast, and 

 upper parts, sooty-brown tinged with grayish on head and 

 neck ; lower parts behind breast, white. Young, brown 

 throughout. Tropical and subtropical coasts of America ; 

 common off the east coast of Florida ; rare as far north as 

 Ga. ; accidental in Mass. 



C. PELICANS. Pelecanidae. 

 Water birds of large size; white or brownish; bill, long, 

 flattened and promi- 

 nently hooked ; gu- 

 la sac, very large, 

 not feathered ; tail, 

 short, rounded ; toes 

 and nostrils as in B, 

 fig 31. Nes'i^s. placed E, C, a, 1. 1-7. 



in trees or on the ground; eggs, 1 or 2, much as in B. Young 

 in down, grayish. Flight, slow, direct, the birds, often form- 

 ing lines side by side or Y-shaped flocks, move by alternate 

 flapping and sailing; wing-beats, slow. Incapable of pro- 

 ducing any sound, save a low grunt. Highly gregarious at 



