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Genus III. Tachypetes. Frigate-Bird. - 9 



Frigate Pelican. — Man-of- War-Bird, Tachypetes Jlquilus, - - 10 



Genus IV. Pelecanus. Pelican. - - - - - 19 



American White Pelican, - - Pelecanus Jlmericanus, - 20 



Brown Pelican, - fuscus, 32 



Genus V. Sula. Gannet. __._-_ 43 



Common Gannet, - Sula bassana, - - - 44 



Booby Gannet, - fusca, 57 



Genus VI. Phaeton. Tropic Bird. - - - - - 63 



Tropic Bird, - Phaeton sethereus, - - 64 



FAMILY XLII. LARIN^. GULLS. - - - - 66 



Genus I. Rhynchops. Skimmer. - - - - - 66 



Black Skimmer, or Razor-billed ~) „, 7 ~Z 



Shearwater, - - - \ Rhynchops nigra, - - 67 



Genus II. Sterna. Tern. ______ 75 



Cayenne Tern, 



- 



- Sterna 



1 Cay ana, 



76 



Marsh or Gull-billed Tern, 



- 



anglica, - 



SI 



Sandwich Tern, 



- 



- 



cantiaca, 



S7 



Sooty Tern, 



- 



- 



fuliginosa, 



90 



Common Tern, 



- 



- 



Hirundo, 



97 



Havell's Tern, 



- 



- 



Havellii, - 



103 



Trudeau's Tern, 



- 



- 



Trudeauii, 



105 



