KEY TO FAMILIES. 



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Fig. 11. 



Fio. 14. 



Fig. 15. 



Order IV. Stega/nopodes. — Gannets, Cokmokant.s, Pelican.? (Fig. 

 10), etc. 

 All the toea, includiii!.'- tlie LinJ one, coiinecteJ liy welis. 



A. Bill generally shaqjly pointed, without a hawklike hook at its tip. 



a. Chin, or spaee between the forks of the lower mandible, feath 

 ered. . . . Family f/iaefkonlidiv: Teopic Birds (Fig. 11), p. 91. 



b. Chin bare. 



Ji. Bill stout and slightly curved at the tip; middle tail-feathers 

 without "Hutings". . . . Family SuUdce : Gannets (Fig. 12), 

 p. 9-1 



h'. Bill straight and slender; middle tail-feathers fluted. . . . 

 Family A/iMngidce : Darters (Fig. 13), p. 93. 



B, Bill with a hawklike hook at the tip. 



a. Lores Ijare. 



a'. Bill over 12-00, with a largo pouch. . . . Family I'elecanidiv: 



Pelicans, p. 95. 

 a^. Bill under 12-00, no large pouch, . . . Family PhaJacrocora- 



cidcB : Cormorants ( Fig. 14), p. 94. 



b. Lores feathered. . . . Family Fregatidce : Man-o'-war Birds (Fig. 

 15), p. 97. 



