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 Family RYNCHOPID^E. 



18. Rynchops nigra Linn. Black Skimmer. 

 A common resident on the coast. 



Order STEGANOPODES. 

 Family SULID^E. 



19. Sula sula Linn. .Booby. 



Of this species only a few notes have been taken, al- 

 though its frequent occurrence is not at all unlikely. Two 

 specimens (males) were shot during September, 1884, on the 

 Mississippi, about fifty miles below New Orleans. 



20. Sula bassana Linn. Gannet. 



An occasional winter resident. It, has been shot several 

 times at the Rigolets (a male, December 9, 1886). 



Family ANHINGID.E. 



21. Anhinga anhinga Linn. Snake-bird; Water Turkey; Anlthuja. 

 A common resident in most parts of the state wherever 



large bodies of water, fringed with trees, exist. 



Family PHALACROCORACID^E.;; 



22. Phalacrocorax dilophus Sw. .& Rich. Double- crested Cormorant 

 A winter resident only; not at all common. 



23. Phalacrocorax dilophus floridanus Aud. Florida Cormorant. 

 Common along the Gulf coast; breeding wherever it occurs 



24. Phalacrocorax mexicanus Brandt. Mexican Cormorant. 



A very common resident in several sections of the state. 



Family PELECANID^E. 



25. Pelecanus fuscus Linn. Brown Pelican. 



Very common along the Gulf coast as well as on the lakes; 

 breeding in large numbers on the Mississippi delta and the 

 islands. 



26. Pelecanus erythrorhynchus Gmel. American White Pelican. 

 A winter resident only; arriving in October and leaving 



during the latter part of February. 



Family FREGATID.E. 



27. Fregata aquila Linn. Frif/<ite-bird; Mun-<?-war bh'fl. 



A resident of the high seas, it breeds on the Gulf coast, 

 but during heavy storms is frequently blown far inland. 



