. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 168 TOTIPALMATE SWIMMKRS — STEGANOPODES. n 1 V I L form, in bizp, mid in goni'ml coloration. The cliiof iliflon'm-e lu'tweon tlio mlult ninlcs of tlic two RjM'cies consists in the possesision of ii white .strijje on the wide of the lieud in }'. UDvie-hulldmlin; commencing near tiie rictus and extending bacjiwanl, growinj,' graihially narrower, and terminatiii',' in a point on tiie upper part of tlie necii ; the guhir sac is liiiewise hordeiftl with a while line. In 1'. anhinga tlie head is wiioily
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 168 TOTIPALMATE SWIMMKRS — STEGANOPODES. n 1 V I L form, in bizp, mid in goni'ml coloration. The cliiof iliflon'm-e lu'tweon tlio mlult ninlcs of tlic two RjM'cies consists in the possesision of ii white .strijje on the wide of the lieud in }'. UDvie-hulldmlin; commencing near tiie rictus and extending bacjiwanl, growinj,' graihially narrower, and terminatiii',' in a point on tiie upper part of tlie necii ; the guhir sac is liiiewise hordeiftl with a while line. In 1'. anhinga tlie head is wiioily deep hlack, excepting, of course, the nui)tial plumes, which jiiv present only during a portion of tlic lireeding-season. In tlie Australian l)iiil the front part of the neck is light brownish, and the light-grayish markings of the wings narrower and less handsome. The " Snako liird," or '• l):irtor," is found occupying a son)cw]uit rostrictcd iirc:i within the limits of the ruitcil States. It occurs in South Carolina and in all the States bordering the (.lidf of Mexico, from (Jeorgia and Florida to the Kio (Jraiulc. I am not that it has , ver been seen on the l\acilic coast within the limits of the United States, although it is found in Mexico and in Central Anu'rica, on the Atlantic as well as on the Pacific coast. It also occurs in all the northern of South America, wherever there are rivers of considerable size. Mr. Dresser found it common on all the large streams of Texas, having obtained specinuMis from Tort Stockton an(' from the Medina liivor. It is equally abundant on all the rivers of Tamaulipas and the other Gulf regions of Eastern Rfexico, as well as on the western side of that .!0untry. IMi'. Hischott" obtained examples of this species near Mazatlan; and Colonel (irayson ft)und it common on the fresh-v/atcr lagoons, and on the Mazatlan and Santiago rivers. It was also seen in large in the small river of Tepic. and o
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