■232 VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 



PELECANID.E. 



AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN. Pelecanus erythrorhynchus, Gmelin. 

 BROWN PELICAN. Pelecanus fuscus, Linne. 



PHALACROCORACID.E. 

 FLORIDA CORMORANT. Phalacrocorax dilophus floridanus, (And.) Ri.Jgwii\ 



PLOTIDiE. 



SNAKE BIRD; AMERICAN ANHINGA. Plotus anhinga, Linne. 



SULARID^E. 



COMMON GANNET. Sula bassana, (Linne) Brisson. 

 BOOBY GANNET. Sula leucogastra, (Boddert) Salvin. 



ORDER LONGIPENNES. LOXGAVIXGED SWIMMERS. 



Birds with peculiarly long and pointed wings, and possessing remark- 

 able powers of flight. Feet webbed ; hind toe small (sometimes wanting) 

 and elevated. 



This order includes only two families, the gulls and the petrels. 

 Both are largely marine, subsisting on fish. Being excellent flyers they 

 are often found manv hundred miles from land. 



RHYNCHOPSID.E. 



BLACK SKIMMER. Rhynchops nigra, Lmne. 



LARID^. 



GREAT BLACK -BACKED GULL. Larus marinus, UnnL 

 HERRING GULL. Larus argentatus, Briinn. 

 RING-BILLED GULL. Larus delawarensis, Ord. 

 LAUGHING GULL. Larus atricilla, Linne. 



