. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. p. anhinga. whitish feathers of the head and neck. Adult ffvuih; in full hreedinri-plumage: Head, neck, and breast grayish buff, becoming grayish brown (sometimes fjuite dusky) on the pileum and nape, the breast lijj'liter, and bounded below by u narrow band of dark chestnut, bordering the upiK;r edge of the black of the alxlomen ; sides of the upper part of the neck adorned with an inconspicuous lou- j,'itU(Iirial stripe of short white loose-webl)ed feathers. Rest of the plumage as in the male. Bi
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. p. anhinga. whitish feathers of the head and neck. Adult ffvuih; in full hreedinri-plumage: Head, neck, and breast grayish buff, becoming grayish brown (sometimes fjuite dusky) on the pileum and nape, the breast lijj'liter, and bounded below by u narrow band of dark chestnut, bordering the upiK;r edge of the black of the alxlomen ; sides of the upper part of the neck adorned with an inconspicuous lou- j,'itU(Iirial stripe of short white loose-webl)ed feathers. Rest of the plumage as in the male. Bill, etc., colored much as in the male, but iris paler red (pinkish). Young, in first winter: Similar to the adult female, but lower parts duller black (the feathers usually indistinctly tippe<l with grayish urowu), the chestnut pectoral band entirely absent; U])per parts much duller block (the bu'.:k. :â rt«| ' '-'/â â¢â â. 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 Baird, Spencer F. , 1823-1887; Brewer, T. M. (Thomas Mayo), 1814-1880. Boston : Little, Brown
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