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TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS. 



34. YELLOW-BILLED TROPIC BIRD. 



Body about the size of that of the Laugh- 

 ing Gull, but, including the long central tail 

 feathers, the bird is 29 long. White through- 

 out, well tinged with salmon-pink which be- 

 comes deeper on the elongated central tail 

 feathers. There is a small curved patch of 

 black on either side of the head, two on the 

 back, and one near the tip of either wing. 



Fig. 39. 



Fig. 43. 



Totipalmate foot of Cormorant. Foot of Tropic Bird. 1-2. 



The young are without the elongated central 

 tail feathers, and are more or less banded 

 with black. The bill and feet are yellow, 

 with most of the toes and webs of the latter 

 black, fis. 43. 



