736 SYNOPSIS .OF . 
424, Pelecanus fuscus, Linn. — Brown Pelican. 
Bill, grayish white, with carmine spots; bare space between bill and 
eye, blue; gular sac, greenish black ; feet, black ; fore part of head, light 
yellow; rest of head, white ; white stripe margining sac; anterior space 
between back and'sides of neck, dark chestnut brown; back and wings, 
dusky ; central parts of feathers, grayish white; primaries, brownish 
black ; tail, light gray; lower parts, brownish gray; sides of neck and 
body with narrow, longitudinal white lines. Adult, 52, 80. Habitat 
from Texas to North Carolina. Nests in trees. Eggs, three, whitish. 
Pelecanus fuscus, Bonap, Syn. p. 401. Nutt. ii. 476. Aud. iii. 376; v 212; plates 
251 and 421; Syn. p. 309 ” 
GENUS V.—SULA, Briss. —GANNET. 
425, Sula fusca, Linn. — Booby Gannet. 
Bill and naked parts, at its base, bright yellow; dusky spot before eye , 
feet, yellow; claws, white; head, neck, upper parts, and lower surface cf 
wings, dusky brown, tinged with gray; breast, abdomen, and lower tail- 
coverts, pure white. Male, 31, 494. Habitat, Florida and Gulf of Mexico. 
Nests in bushes. 
Sula fusca, Bonap. Syn. p. 408. Mutt. ii. 500. Aud. iii. 63; Syn. p. 311; plate 207 
426. Sula Bassana, Linn. — Common Gannet. 
Bill, bluish gray, tinged with green at base ; bare space about eye; lines 
on bill and gular membrane, blackish blue; feet, brownish black; claws, 
grayish white; upper part of head and hind neck, buff colored. Adult, 
403, 75. Habitat, along the whole coast. Nest on rocky cliffs. Egg, 
single, pure white. . . 
Sula Bassas; Bonap. Syn. p. 408. Nutt. ii. 495. Aud. iv. 222; plate 326; Syn. 
“ps . 
GENUS VI.—PHAETON, Linn.—TROPIC BIRD. 
427. Phaéton ethereus, Linn. — Common Tropic Bird. 
Bill, tarsi, and hind toes, yellow; rest of foot, black; plumage, pale 
pink ; two middle tail-feathers, deeper curved; spot before eye, and band 
behind it, black; black band across wing ; spot of same color on primary 
coverts. Male, 295, 38. Female, 26,34. Habitat, Florida. Rare. 
Phaéton wthereus, Bonap. Syn. p. 409. Nutt. ii. 503. Aud. iii. 442; plate 262; 
Syn. p. 312. 
FAMILY IV.—LARIDA, Vigors. 
GENUS 1.—RHYNCHOPS, Linn. — SKIMMER. 
428. Rhynchops nigra. — Black Skimmer, Wilson, p. 514. 
Rhynchops nigra, Bonap. Syn. p. 352. Nutt. ii. 204. Aud. iv. 203; plate 323; 
‘Syn. p. 314. ‘ 
GENUS {I[.—STERNA, Linn. —TERN. 
429, Sterna Cayana, Lath. — Cayenne Tern. 
Bill, carmine; feet, black; upper part of head and occiput, greenish 
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