108 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[116.] Sula piscator (LINN.). 



Red-footed Booby. 



Pelecanus piscator LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 134. 

 Sula piscator BONAP. Consp. II. 1857, 166. 



[B , C , R 653, C .] 



HAB. Coast and islands of tropical and subtropical seas, north to 

 Western Mexico and Florida. 



SUBGENUS DYSPORUS ILLIGER. 



Dysporus ILLIG. Prodr. 1811, 279. Type, by elimination, Pelecanus 

 bassanus LINN. 



117. Sula bassana (LINN.). 



Gannet. 



Pelecanus bassanus LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 133. 

 Sula bassana BOIE, Isis, 1822, p. 563. 



[B 617, C 524, R 650, C 74 6.] 



HAB. Coasts of the North Atlantic, south in winter to the Gulf 

 of Mexico and Africa ; breeds from Nova Scotia and the British 

 Islands northward. 



FAMILY ANHINGID^E. DARTERS. 



GENUS ANHINGA BRISSON. 



Anhinga BRISSON, Orn. VI. 1760, 476. Type, Anhinga MARCGR. 

 Plottts anhinga LINN. 



118. Anhinga anhinga (LINN.). 



Anhinga. 



Plotus anhinga LINN. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 218. 

 Anhinga anhinga STEJN. Stand. Nat. Hist. IV. 1885, J 93- 



[B 628, C 536, R 649, C 760.] 



HAB. Tropical and subtropical America, north to the Carolinas 

 and the mouth of the Ohio River. 



