Annual report . Rev. J. H. Langille, who BIRDS OF NEW YORK 167. Yellow-billed Tropic-bird. Phaethon americanus Grant. New York specimen (immature) in State i nat. size Museum. describes its capture in Our Birds and their Haunts, page 615 [see also Coues,N. O. C. Bui. 5 :63; compare also, Maynards Birds of Eastern North America,p. 474]. Family SULIDAEi Gannets Bill long, very stout at base, tapering and slightly decurved towardthe tip, somewhat serrate and very deeply cleft; nostrils abortive; gular pouchnaked but small; wings long and pointed; tail long and wedge-shaped of 12to 18 feathers; le
Annual report . Rev. J. H. Langille, who BIRDS OF NEW YORK 167. Yellow-billed Tropic-bird. Phaethon americanus Grant. New York specimen (immature) in State i nat. size Museum. describes its capture in Our Birds and their Haunts, page 615 [see also Coues,N. O. C. Bui. 5 :63; compare also, Maynards Birds of Eastern North America,p. 474]. Family SULIDAEi Gannets Bill long, very stout at base, tapering and slightly decurved towardthe tip, somewhat serrate and very deeply cleft; nostrils abortive; gular pouchnaked but small; wings long and pointed; tail long and wedge-shaped of 12to 18 feathers; legs short and stout, placed nearly at the center of body;head large; neck rather long; plumage compact; two carotids; ambiensfemorocaudal and semitendinosus muscles present but the accessoriesabsent; sternum long and narrow; coracoids directed forward; a remarkabledevelopment of the pneiimatic cells extending beneath the skin and amongthe muscles. i68 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM There are eight or more members of this family, om species beingcommon to the holarctic
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