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KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



SULA PISCATOR (Z/;///.). 

 Red-footed Booby, 



Adult: General color white, showing a buff tinge on the head and neck. Shafts of the tail 

 feathers pale yellow ; remiges and most of the wing coverts slate-gray, showing an ash tinge ; 

 feet reddish. Inunature: General plumage grayish brown above; dull gray beneath, some- 

 times whitish ; plumage very variable. 



Length, 27 ; Wing, 14.50; Tail, 8; Tarsus, 2.10; Bill, 3.30. 



Range: "Coast and islands of tropical and sub-tropical seas north to 

 Western Mexico and Florida." (a.o.u.) 



This species has very little claim to be included in our fauna. It may 

 occasionally occur on the Florida coast in summer. 



Subgenus DYSPORUS Illiger. 



SULA BASSANA (Z/w/.). 

 Qannet. 



Adult. 



Immature. 



Adult : Very large ; head and neck white tinged with yellowish buff ; general color white ; 

 primaries dark brown; bare space about the eyes, bluish black. Inunature : General plumage 



