PELICANS, GANNETS, ETG. 



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on tho ocean far away from land. The sooty albatross 

 {D. fuliginosa, Fig. 254) is occasionally seen on tlie 

 Pacific coast. 



Order 3. Siegopodes (Totipalmate birds). — The gulls are 



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FiQ. 253.— .4, Common Skua; B, Buffon's Skua; C, Pomarine Skua. From Nor- 



denskiold. 



succeeded in the ascending series by the tropic-bird, frigate 

 or man-of-war bird, the darter or snake-bird, the cormor- 

 ants, pelicans, and gannets, in which all four toes are fully 

 webbed, the web reaching to the tips of the toes. The 

 body, especially in the pelicans and gannets, is buoyed up 



