CONTENTS
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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,
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- 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,
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-
Trudeauii, 105
