. The water birds of North America . -ally) with light hoary ash, these markings elliptical on the upper part of the scapular region, linearor nearly acicular on the longer scapulars, and broadly ovate on the wing-coverts; exposed surfaceof the middle and greater wing-coverts light hoary ash ; remainder of the wings, with the tail,deep black, the latter less glossy, and broadly tipped with pale brown, passing into dirty whitish — THE ANHINGAS — PLOTTJS. 167 terminally. Sides of the occiput and neck ornamented by lengthened, loose-webbed, hair-likefeathers of dirty white or pale grayis
. The water birds of North America . -ally) with light hoary ash, these markings elliptical on the upper part of the scapular region, linearor nearly acicular on the longer scapulars, and broadly ovate on the wing-coverts; exposed surfaceof the middle and greater wing-coverts light hoary ash ; remainder of the wings, with the tail,deep black, the latter less glossy, and broadly tipped with pale brown, passing into dirty whitish — THE ANHINGAS — PLOTTJS. 167 terminally. Sides of the occiput and neck ornamented by lengthened, loose-webbed, hair-likefeathers of dirty white or pale grayish lilac ; nuchal feathers elongated, hair-like, forming a sort ofloose mane. Upper mandible dusky-olive, the edges yellow; lower mandible bright yellow,the edes and tip greenish ; bare space about the eye bluish green; gular sac bright orange ; irisbright carmine; tarsi and toes anteriorly dusky-olive, the hind parts and webs yellow, clawsbrownish black (Audubon). Adult male, in winter: Similar to the above, but destitute of the. P. anhinga. whitish feathers of the head and neck. Adult female, in full breeding-plumage: Head, neck, andbreast grayish buff, becoming grayish brown (sometimes quite dusky) on the pileum and nape, thebreast lighter, and bounded below by a narrow band of dark chestnut, bordering the upper edge ofthe black of the abdomen ; sides of the upper part of the neck adorned with an inconspicuous lon-gitudinal stripe of short white loose-webbed feathers. Rest of the plumage as in the male. Bill,etc., colored much as in the male, but iris paler red (pinkish). Young, in ;t winter: Similar tothe adult female, but lower parts duller black (the feathers usually indistinctly tipped with graj ishbrown), the chestnut pectoral band entirely absent ; upper parts much duller black (the back
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