. Birds of New York. Birds. BIRDS OF NEW YORK 167. Yellow-billed Tropic-bird. Phaethon americanus Grant. 5 nat. size New York specimen (immature) in State Museum. describes its capture in Our Birds and tlicir Haunts, page 615 [see also Coues, N. O. C. Bui. 5 :63; compare also, Maynard's Birds of Eastern North America, p. 474]. Family SULIDAE Gannets Bill long, very stout at base, tapering and slightl}' decurved toward the tip, somewhat serrate and very deeply cleft; nostrils abortive; gular pouch naked but small; wings long and pointed; tail long and wedge-shaped of 12 to 18 feathers; legs sho
. Birds of New York. Birds. BIRDS OF NEW YORK 167. Yellow-billed Tropic-bird. Phaethon americanus Grant. 5 nat. size New York specimen (immature) in State Museum. describes its capture in Our Birds and tlicir Haunts, page 615 [see also Coues, N. O. C. Bui. 5 :63; compare also, Maynard's Birds of Eastern North America, p. 474]. Family SULIDAE Gannets Bill long, very stout at base, tapering and slightl}' decurved toward the tip, somewhat serrate and very deeply cleft; nostrils abortive; gular pouch naked but small; wings long and pointed; tail long and wedge-shaped of 12 to 18 feathers; legs short and stout, placed nearl)- at the center of bod>-; head large; neck rather long; plumage compact; two carotids; ambicns femorocaudal and semitendinosiis muscles present but the accessories absent; stenium long and narrow; coracoids directed forward; a remarkable development of the pneumatic cells extending beneath the skin and among the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Eaton, Elon Howard, 1866-1934. Albany, University of the State of New York
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