TABLE 1 in A new fossil subspecies of booby (Aves, Sulidae: Papasula) from Mauritius and Rodrigues, Mascarene Islands, with notes on P. abbotti from Assumption Island

TABLE 1. Measurements (mm) of the coracoid and proximal sternum of Papasula abbotti nelsoni ssp. nov. compared with other Sulidae. Key to abbreviations: TL = total length; SW = shaft width; SD = shaft depth; DW = distal width; PS = proximal sternum; n = number; m = mean; SD = standard deviation. SpeciesTL (n) range (m) SDSW (n) range (m) SDSD (n) range (m) SDDW (n) Range (m) SDPS (n) Range (m) SDPapasula a. abbotti(6) 58.0–60.0 (59.1) 1.16(6) 6.5–9.0 (7.0) 1.20(6) 6.0–6.5 (6.1) 0.21(6) 29.1–34.0 (31.1) 2.11(1) 20.1Papasula a. nelsoni-(1) 7.7(1) 6.6-(1) 22.4Morus bassanus(8) 49.0–59.7 (54.9) 3.09(8) 7.2–9.7 (8.2) 0.79(8) 7.1–8.3 (8.2) 0.50(8) 31.4–35.5 (34.4) 1.24(8) 19.3–23.4 (21.8) 1.39Sula dactylatra(4) 48.8–51.4 (50.5) 1.20(4) 7.2–9.7 (8.2) 0.79(4) 5.7–6.5 (6.1) 0.38(4) 26.1–28.1 (26.9) 0.87(5) 19.1–22.5 (21.1) 1.26Sula sula(8) 45.2–49.5 (46.7) 1.61(8) 5.0–6.2 (5.7) 0.38(8) 5.1–5.8 (5.5) 0.22(8) 23.0–27.5 (25.7) 1.26(8) 19.4–20.9 (19.3) 1.29Sula sula fossil(2) 48.5–48.8 (48.6) 0.21(2) 5.3–5.7 (5.5) 0.28(2) 5.1–5.4 (5.2) 0.21--