BOOBY. 



115. Sula leucogastra. 30 in. 



Head and neck brown, rest of upper parts 

 blackish. Under parts white. Young black- 

 ish-brown all over. Bill and feet yellowish. 

 Feet fully webbed. 



Nest. One or two white eggs, covered 

 with a chalky deposit, laid in hollows on 

 the sand or rocks. Nesting in large colonies. 



Range. Breeds in the Bahamas and West 

 Indies. Casual on the South Atlantic and 

 Gulf coasts and accidental north to Mass. 



CAN NET. 

 117. Sula bassana. 35 in. 



Largest of our boobies. Pure white, with 

 black primaries. Young blackish, specked 

 with white. Face and feet bluish. 



Note. A harsh gor-r-r-rok (Chapman). 



Nest. 'Single white eggs on piles of sea- 

 weed on rocky ledges of sea cliffs. 



Range. Breeds on islands in Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence. Winters on the South Atlantic 

 coast. 30 



