KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



Family SULID^E. Gannets. 



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Genus SULA Brissox. 



SULA CYANOPS Sinideial. 

 Blue=faced Booby. 



Ai/uif: General plumage white; remiges and greater wing coverts dark brown : middle 

 rectices iioary wliite tipped witli l)ro\vn ; rest of tail feathers dark brown, white at the base ; 

 feet reddish ; gular sac bluish. 



Length, 27; Wing, 16; Tail, 7.70; Bill, 3.90 ; Tarsus, 1.S5. 



This species is claimed to occur on the Florida coast, although it must 

 be considered as accidental. It has been found breeding in the Bahama 

 Islands. 



5ULA SULA (////;/.). 

 Common Booby. 



Adult : Head'and throat, upper part of breast, and entire upper plumage dark olive brown, 

 under parts white; gular sac pale yellow; upper mandible greenish: feet pale yellowish 

 green ; iris yellow. 



Length, 27; Wing, I5.5O; Tail, S; Tarsus. 1.60; Bill, 4. 



Claimed to have been taken in Florida, where it is probably accidental. 

 It is not uncommon in the Bahama Islands, where it breeds. 



