Annual report . ,Fire Island inlet and Gardinersbay, during June, July and Au-gust. A specimen from Lock-port, N. Y., October 1875, isreported by Davison, Auk, vol-ume I, page 294; and DavidBruce had a specimen fromOrleans county, N. Y., taken inNovember 1882. This is the common Stormypetrel, or Mother Careys chicken,of our sailors, which is so oftenseen coursing back and forthabout the ship waiting forscraps of food to be thrown -1 1 Wllbuii yt^trel. O c e a n i I »- ^. -(^taniLUs tKiiliU- 1: OVerOOarQ. Audubon, Birds of America. J nat. size. Order STEGANOPODES Totipalmate BirdsOrder Pelecani
Annual report . ,Fire Island inlet and Gardinersbay, during June, July and Au-gust. A specimen from Lock-port, N. Y., October 1875, isreported by Davison, Auk, vol-ume I, page 294; and DavidBruce had a specimen fromOrleans county, N. Y., taken inNovember 1882. This is the common Stormypetrel, or Mother Careys chicken,of our sailors, which is so oftenseen coursing back and forthabout the ship waiting forscraps of food to be thrown -1 1 Wllbuii yt^trel. O c e a n i I »- ^. -(^taniLUs tKiiliU- 1: OVerOOarQ. Audubon, Birds of America. J nat. size. Order STEGANOPODES Totipalmate BirdsOrder Pelecaniformes, Sharpes Hand-List Feet completely webbed, the hind toe being large, low down and partlylateral, connected with the inner toe by a full web; bill horny, usually hookedat the tip and furnished with a nail; gape very capacious; nostrils very smallor rudimentary; a gular pouch; tongue small and knoblike; palate decidedlydesmognathous; basipterygoids wanting; sternum short and broad; upperarm bones very long. Birds of this order number about seventy species included in six fami-lies, the darters, or snake birds (Anhingidae) not being found in New York, l66 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM and the tropic-birds and frigate-birds represented by accidental } are all altricial or nidicolous in nature. The eggs are single or few,usually plain colored, but covered with a chalky incrustation. They buildtheir nests on the ground, rocky ledges, or brushy trees near the water,and are wholly carnivorous in diet, the food consisting almost ent
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