CHAPTER XXIX 
THE ORDER OF FULLY WEB-FOOTED BIRDS 
STEGANOPODES 
To recognize a member of this Order, look at its foot, and see that the web of the three large 
toes is also united to the fourth, or rear toe. This may seem like a small peg on which to hang an 
Order ; but it is a very useful one, nevertheless. As usual, the best and most conspicuous example 
will be mentioned first. The Families are as follows: 
FAMILIES. 
ORDER 
STEGANOPODES. 
Pelicans, . . . 
Cormorants, . . 
Darters, . . . 
Gannets, . . . 
Man-o’-War Birds, 
PEL-E-CAN' I -DAE 
PH AL-A-CRO-CO-liAC I-DAE, . 
AN-HING’I-DAE 
SU'LI-DAE 
FRE-GAT'I-DAE 
EXAMPLES. 
) Brown Pelican ; White 
( Pelican. 
Common Cormorant. 
Darter, or Snake-Bird. 
Common Gannet. 
Frigate-Bird. 
Photographed by C. William Beebb. From the Zoological Society Bulletin. 
FLORIDA BROWN PELICANS, ON PELICAN ISLAND. 
THE PELICAN FAMILY. 
Pelecanidae. 
The Brown Pelican 1 is known to every 
tourist who knows Florida thoroughly, or 
1 Pel-e-ca'nus fus’cus. Length, 49 inches; spread 
of wings, 6 feet inches. 
southern California. Somehow this bird ap- 
peals to every one, — possibly by reason of its 
cheerful confidence in man, — and for a wonder 
it has not been exterminated. It takes to 
captivity not only willingly, but gladly, and its 
motto is, “All’s fish that cometh to net.” 
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