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KEY TO THE JUKDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



ORDER STEQANOPODES. 



Qannets, Pelicans, Cormorants, etc. 



Toes, four, all connected by webs. 



FAMILY PHAETHONTID/E. 



Tropic Birds. 



Bill, sharp pointed ; chin, feathered ; toes, four, all 

 connected by webs. 



* Group 1. Wing, 9.50 to 13 inches long. 



Bill, yellowish ; gpiieral plniiiMs;e, white ; outer webs of primiiries aud lesser wiug coverts, 

 blaek ; middle tail leathers, very Icug; bill, yellow or pale orauj;c ; shafts of tail feathers, 

 black. Fhaethon amn-iatna. Yellow=billed Tropic Bird. 



See No. 72. 



Bill, red; l)aek, fiuely barred with black. Ttare stragoler, recorded from Newtouudlaiid 

 banks. I'haethon athereus. Red=billed Tropic Bird. 



See No. 7.3. 



* For directions for measurement, pee P'ige Si. 



