'IMC JUKI'S. . (I 



Under the name ..f "Stormy IYtn-1," ..r " M-.t tier Carey's Chi' 



they are familiar to moot people wh<> have made sc* voyages. On 



tireless wing they follow in the track of a ship, coursing ceaselessly 



back and forth, now beneath the stern, now horering over the foam- 



Banding one of white-rumjted Martins in Un-ir easy, 



il flight. If fixxl IH- thrown overlNitird, they are at once attracted 



t it, ami soon are left far behind, a little group of Mn< k, llutii-rmi: 



forma on the surface of the ocean. Tin- rural <li>|M.*-<l ,,f, a few rapid 



win^-lN'Hts briny them to us, and again they resume their |>atient U-at- 



ing to and fro. 



The WIIITE-BEI.I.IKH I'KTKKI. (llf). f'ymodroma yrallariat in a tropical 

 specie* whieh ha* Wen taken mice in N'f.rth America at St. Murks. Florid*. 



Tin- Wiimc-rACEU I'ETHKI. ( ///. r<l<ujdroma marina) inhahitM the South 

 Atlantic ami wiuthern xea*. It in of euxuiil occurrence "If the '-"list of Miuv-a- 

 chusetU. It may W di.-tin^ui.-hcd from any <>t'uur Miiull 1'i-tnU Ky iu white 

 uii.U r part*. 



ORDER STEOANOPODES. TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS. 



FAMILY PHAETHONTID^:. TROPIC BIRDS. 



The three species composing this small but distinct family are 

 found throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. 

 They are littoral rather than pelagic, but make long journeys across 

 the open sea. Their flight when migrating is strong, rapid, and direct. 

 In feeding, they course over the water, beating back and forth at a 

 height of about forty feet. Their long, willowy tail-feathers add 

 greatly to the grace and beauty of their appearance when on the wing. 



112. Phaethon flavirostria Hran,lt. VELLOW-BILIJCO Taoric 



BIRD (tt! Fitf. 11). .!</. White; a murk Ix-fi-rt- and through the eye; outei 



web of primarii*, liwcr win^'-covcrt*. and tertiuU Llu.-k ; flanks * treated with 



late ; hill yellow ; tail tinp-l with Hulmon, ..hart.- of the feathers black. \V.. 



I 1 ., 1HX); B., MO. 



Hang*. Tropical coanta; Atlantic coosU of tmpieal America, We*t Indies, 

 Bahaman, Bcnnudaa ; casual in Florida and accidental in western New York 

 mnl NOVA Scotia. 



This species breeds abundantly in the limestone cliffs of the Ber- 

 mudas, but is of rare and probably accidental occurrence on our coasts. 



The KCI>-BII.I.I:I> TROPK- BIRD (//.*. Pkattko* <itkfre*t} resembles the 

 preeedinff specioK, but lias the hill red und tin- upper part- tindy t.urr.-.l with 

 black. It* rnntre in the Atluntii- is inon- luiulhern than that of the Yellow- 

 hilled Tropic Bird, and in eastern North America it i accidental. The only 

 record of its occurrence is off the Newfoundland Banks. 



