332 LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



ORDER 5TEQAN0P0DE5. 



Totopalmate Swimmers. 



FAMILY PHAETHONTID^. Tropic Birds. 



A";^ Gends PHAETHON. Linn. 



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72 (112) PHAKTHON AMERICANUS. Grant. Yellow^billed Tropic Bird. 



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

 accidental in New York (one record). 



73 (113) PHAETHON /CTHEREUS. Linn. Red=bined Tropic Bird. 



Accidental on NcM-foundland Banks. 



FAMILY SULID/C. Qannets. 



Genus SULA. Briss. 



74 (114) SULA CYANOPS. Sund. BIue=faced Booby. 



Accideiital on Florida coast ; not uncommon in West Indies. 



75 (11')) SULA SULA. (Linn.) Booby. 



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

 accidental, north to Long Island. 



76 (110) SULA PISCATOR. (Linn.) Red-footed Booby. 



Tropical species ; accidental on Florida coast. 



SuiiGENUS 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/G. Darters. 



Genus ANHINQA. Briss. 



78 (IIH) 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 

 INIassachusetts, northward ; now becoming much less numerous, and 

 breeding: range restricted to few localities. 



