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Synopsis of the Birds 
Spread all over the warm and temperate regions of the 
globe, some species even ; others migrating in summer very 
far north. Species extremely few : two in the United States. 
Closely related in form and habits to the Family Longi- 
pennes, especially to the larger, stout-billed Sternse. Con- 
necting the Longipennes and Steganopodes. 
359. Sula bassana, Lacep. White, crown yellowish , quill- 
feathers black ; shafts inferiorly white ; face bluish. 
Young blackish brown, spotted with white, beneath brown- 
ish-cinereous. 
Gannet of Wilson's list . Felecanus bassanus . L . Peleca- 
nus maculahis , Gm. young . Sula alba, Temm. Le Fou de 
Bassan, Buff. pi. enl. 278. ctd. Lefou tacliete de Cayenne 
Buff. pi. enl. 986. young. 
Inhabits both continents : common during summer on the 
coasts of the United States, especially the southern. 
360. Sula fusca, Briss. Blackish-brown, beneath white ; 
primaries black ; face red. 
Young spotted with white and brown. 
Booby , Catesby Car. i. pi. 87. Sula fusca, Vieill. GaL 
des Ois. pi. 277. Felecanus sula, L. Buff.pl. enl. 973. Sula , 
et Sula fusca, Briss. Omitted in my Catalogue. 
Inhabits sea coasts throughout the warm parts of the globe * 
common in summer on the coasts of the southern states. 
B. Upper mandible of one piece. 
80. PHAETON. 
Phaeton, L. Gm. Lath. III. Cuv. Temm . Vieill. Ranz . 
hepturus, Briss. 
Bill as long as the head, stout, somewhat robust, hard, 
much compressed, convex above, straight and acute at tip ; 
mandibles equal ; upper slightly curved towards the point, 
margins dilated and sharp at base, then compressed, and 
finely serrated obliquely : nostrils basal, lateral, longitudinal. 
