Boobies 



MS 



I f 4. Blue-faced Booby [Sula cvanops). L. 28, Ads. 

 Body and lesser wing 'coverts white; central tail feath- 

 ers whitish, others dark brown, Vn^. Above plain 

 cl;irl< grayish brown with some grayish streaks; below 

 white; flanks streaked with grayish. 



Range.— Tropical seas; north In America to Lower California and 

 IJahamas; casualln soultiem Florida, 



114.1. Blue-footed Booby {Sula nshouxii). L. jj. 

 Ads. Head, neck, and underparts white, the first two 



Streaked with grayish^ back dusky brownish, tipped 

 with whitish; legs and feet bright blue. ("GossJ 



Range: — Pacific coast of America, from Gulf of California to Gai- 

 afiagos and Clilli. (Cat. U. M.) 



lis. Booby (Sw/a sK^iil. L. 30. Ads. Breast and 

 belly white; bill and feet yellow. Yng. Entirely 

 brownish, lighter below; bill blackish; feet yellow. 

 Notes. A harsh, guttural bork, horh. (Audubon), 



Range. — "Atlantic coasts of tropical and subtropical America, north 

 to Georgia. Also, West Pacific and Indian Oceans." (A. O. U.) Ac- 

 cidental on Long Island. No United States breeding record. 



I 15. 1. Brewster Booby (Sttla hrattisteri). L. 



30. Ads. Similar to No. 115, but head and neck 

 paler, bill blue, feet greenish. 



Range, — ■■Coasts and Islands of the eastern south Pacific Ocean. 

 north to Lower California; breeding as far north as Georges Island at 

 theheadutlheGuiruf CaUfurnia.'^ (A, O. U.) 



1 1 6. Red-tooted Booby {SuJa piscator). L- 28. 

 Feet reddish. Ads. White; heaa and nape straw 

 color; primaries hoary grayish brown; tail white. Yng. 

 Above sooty brown; head, neck, and lower parts ligiit 

 smoky gray. (Ridgw.) 



Range.— Tropical seas, except Pacific coast of America (Cat, B. 

 M.) ; north In Atlantic to Bahamas and, rarely, southern Florldi. 



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