408 Synopsis of the Birds 



Spread all over the warm and temperate regions of the 

 globe, some species even ; others migrating in summer very 

 far north. Species extremely few : two in the United States. 

 Closely related in form and habits to the Family Longi- 

 pennes, especially to the larger, stout-billed Sternse. Con- 

 necting the Longipennes and Steganopodes. 



359. Sula bassana, Lacep. White, crown yellowish ; quill- 

 feathers black ; shafts inferiorly white ; face bluish. 



Young blackish brown, spotted with white, beneath brown- 

 ish-cinereous. 



Gannet of Wilson's list. Pelecanus bassanus. L. Peleca- 

 nus maculatus, Gm. young. Sula alba, Temm. Le Fou de 

 Bassan, Buff, pi. enl. 278. ad. Lefou tachete, de Cayenne, 

 Buff. pi. enl. 986. young. 



Inhabits both continents : common during summer on the 

 coasts of the United States, especially the southern. 



360. Sula fusca, Briss- Blackish-brown, beneath while ; 

 primaries black ; face red. 



Young spotted with white and brown. 



Booby, Catesby Car. i. pi. 87. Sula fusca, Vieill. Gal. 

 des Ois. pi. 277. Pelecanus sula, L. Buff.pl. enl. 973. Sula, 

 et Sula fusca, Briss. Omitted in my Catalogue. 



Inhabits sea coasts throughout the warm parts of the globe : 

 common in summer on the coasts of the southern states. 



B. Upper mandible of one piece. 

 80. PHAETON. 



Phaeton, L. Gm. Lath. III. Cuv. Temm. Vieill. Ranz. 

 hepturus, Briss. 



Bill as long as the head, stout, somewhat robust, hard, 

 much compressed, convex above, straight and acute at tip ; 

 mandibles equal ; upper slightly curved towards the point, 

 margins dilated and sharp at base, then compressed, and 

 finely serrated obliquely : nostrils basal, lateral, longitudinal, 



