Boobies 



I 14. Blue-faced Booby (Sula cyanops}. L. 28. Ads. 

 Body and lesser wing coverts white; central tail feath- 

 ers whitish, others dark brown. Yng. Above plain 

 dark grayish brown with some grayish streaks; below 

 white; flanks streaked with grayish. 



Range. Tropical seas; north in America to Lower California and 

 Bahamas; casual in southern Florida. 



I 1 4. 1. Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii}. L. 33. 

 Ads. Head, neck, and underparts white, the first two 

 streaked with grayish; back dusky brownish, tipped 

 with whitish; legs and feet bright blue. fGossJ 



Range: Pacific coast of America, from Gulf of California to Gal- 

 apagos and Chili. (Cat. B. M.) 



I 1 5. Booby (Sula sula). L. 30. Ads. Breast and 

 belly white; bill and feet yellow. Yng. Entirely 

 brownish, lighter below; bill blackish; feet yellow. 

 Notes. A harsh, guttural hork, hork. (Audubon). 



Range. "Atlantic coasts of tropical and subtropical America, north 

 to Georgia. Also, West Pacific and Indian Oceans." (A. O. U.) Ac- 

 cidental on Long Island. No United States breeding record. 



I 1 5. 1. Brewster Booby (Sula brewsterf). L. 

 30. Ads. Similar to No. 115, but head and neck 

 paler, bill blue, feet greenish. 



Range. "Coasts and Islands of the eastern south Pacific Ocean, 

 north to Lower California; breeding as far north as Georges Island at 

 the head of the Gulf of California. * (A. O. U.) 



116. Red-footed Booby (Sula piscator}. L. 28. 

 Feet reddish. Ads. White; head and nape straw 

 color; primaries hoary grayish brown] tail white. Yng. 

 Above sooty brown; head, neck, and lower parts light 

 smoky gray. (Ridgw.) 



Range. Tropical seas, except Pacific coast of America (Cat. B. 

 M.) ; north in Atlantic to Bahamas and, rarely, southern Florida. 



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