Order STEGAXOPODES. 



Family PHAETHONTID^E. 



YELLOW-BILLED TROPIC-BIRD. 



112. Phczthon americanus. 32 in. 



All four toes connected by webs. Plumage 

 black and white as shown, the under parts 

 and tail feathers being tinged with salmon 

 color during summer. Food of snails or of 

 small fish which they get by plunging. 



Nest. A mass of seaweed on ledges or In 

 rocky crevices. Single cream-colored egg 

 almost completely covered with purplish 

 dots. 



Range. Breeds in Bermuda and the Ba- 

 hamas. Casual in Fla. and accidental in 

 Newfoundland. 



Family SULID^E. 

 BLUE-FACED BOOBY. 



Plumage black and white as shown. Bill 

 and bare face bluish. Feet reddish and web- 

 bed between all four toes. 



Range. Breeds in the West Indies. Cas- 

 ual in Fla. 29 



