. Key to North American birds [microform] : containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 724 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS — STEGANOPODES. style in the nape, in the position of the ligamentum nuchm of many animals, and articulated with the occij)ut, is the most remarkable (fig. 505). It occurs in the Anhiuga also, but is there much smaller. The desmognathous structuve is seen in its highest dovelopnient; the palatincjs being no
. Key to North American birds [microform] : containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 724 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS — STEGANOPODES. style in the nape, in the position of the ligamentum nuchm of many animals, and articulated with the occij)ut, is the most remarkable (fig. 505). It occurs in the Anhiuga also, but is there much smaller. The desmognathous structuve is seen in its highest dovelopnient; the palatincjs being not only soldered, but sending down a keel along their lino of union; the iuterorbital septum is »f*i;''l*ili". m if .Jii^';- , ;,.:;,i|;.i>i;,- very defective, with hori- zontal inferior border (a general character of the order except in the Peli- cans). The sternum and shoulder - girdle, and the knee, are shown in figs. 501, 502. In the knee-joint, there is a bulky free j)atella, with a short cne- niial apophysis or rotular process of the tibia, but per- fectly distinct therefrom, as in Podicips. The muscles of the are as in Siiliihc. Tlie ]iterylhic characters, but the plumage is peculiar in cer- tain details. Excepting a few s))eckled species, and some others that arc largely white below, the jilumage is glossy or lustrous black, often higlily iridescent with green, pur)ile, and violet tints, commonly unifonn on the head, neck, and under parts, but on the back and wing-coverts, where the feathers are sharji-edged and distinct, the shade is more apt to be coppery or bronzy, each feather with well-defined darker border. This concerns, however, only the adult plumage, which is the same in both sexes; the y<Hing are plain brownish or blackish. The Cormorants have other special featbei'ings, generally of a temporary character, assumed at the breeding season and lost soon after; these are curious Fio. 503. —The nest of the rnrniorant (P. bic
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