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Family SULID.E. Gannets. 



Genus SULA Brissox. 



SULA CYANOPS SiindeTal. 



Blue=faced Booby. 



Adult: General plumage white; remiges and greater wing coverts dark l)ro\vn : middle 

 rectices hoary white tipped with l)rown : rest of tail feathers dark brown, white at the base : 

 feet reddish : gular sac bluish. 



Length. 27: Wing, 16; Tail 7.70: Bill, 3.90 : Tarsus, 1.85. 



This species is claimed to occur on the Florida coast, although it must 

 be considered as accidental. It has been found breeding in the Bahama 

 Islands. 



SULA SULA {Liiin.). 

 Common Booby. 



Adult : Head and throat, upper part of breast, and entire upper plumage dark olive brown, 

 under parts white: gular sac pale yellow; upper mandible greenish: feet pale yellowish 

 green ; iris yellow. 



Length, 27: Wing, I5.5O: Tail. 8 : Tarsus. 1.60: Dill, 4. 



Claimed to have been taken in Florida, where it is probably accidental. 

 It is not uncommon in the Bahama Islands, where it breeds. 



