KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



Family SULID^E. Gannets. 



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Genus SULA Brisson. 



SULA CYANOPS Sundei'al. 

 Blue=°faced Booby. 



Adult: General plumage white; remiges and greater wing coverts dark brown ; middle 

 rectices hoary white tipped with Ijrown ; 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, 1.85. 



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. 



SULA SULA (Linn.). 

 Common Booby. 



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

 under parts white ; g^Iar sac pale yellow ; upper mandible greenish ; feet pale yellowish 

 green ; iris yellow. . 



Length, 27: Wing, I5.5O; Tail, 8 : 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. 



