332 LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



ORDER STEQANOPODE5. 



Totopalmate Swimmers. 

 FAMILY PHAETHONTID^E. Tropic Birds. 



A -- u - GENUS PHAETHON. Lixx. 



.NO. 



72 (112) PHAETHON AMERICANUS. GRANT. Yenow=billed Tropic Bird. 



Common in West Indies, where it breeds off Florida coast in summer ; 

 accidental in New York (one record) . 



73 (113) PHAETHON /CTHEREUS. LINN. Red-billed Tropic Bird. 



Accidental on Newfoundland Banks. 



FAMILY SULID^E. Qannets. 



GENUS SULA. BRISS. 



74 (114) SULA CYANOPS. SUND. Blue-faced Booby. 



Accidental on Florida coast ; not uncommon in West Indies. 



75 (115) SULA SULA. (LiNN.) Booby. 



Tropical species ; common in West Indies ; coast of Florida, in summer ; 

 accidental, north to Long Island. 



76 (116) SULA PISCATOR. (LiNN.) Red-footed Booby. 



Tropical species ; accidental on Florida coast. 



SUBGENUS DYSPORUS. ILLIGER. 



77 (117) SULA BASSANA. (LiNN.) Qannet. 



Coasts of North Atlantic Ocean ; south, in winter, to Florida and Gulf of 

 Mexico ; breeds from shores of Nova Scotia and Gulf of St. Lawrence, 

 northward. 



FAMILY ANHINQID/E. Darters. 



GENUS ANHINQA. BRISS. 



78 (118) ANHINQA ANHINQA. (LiNN.) Anhinga. 



Tropical America ; common in Florida ; casual, north to South Carolina ; 

 accidental in Illinois. 



FAMILY PHALACROCORACID^E. Cormorants. 



GENUS PHALACROCORAX. BRISS. 



79 (119) PHALACROCORAX CARBO. (LiNN.) Cormorant. 



North Atlantic; south to Carolinas, in winter; at one time bred from 

 Massachusetts, northward ; now becoming much less numerous, and 

 breeding range restricted to few localities. 



