. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. I I 170 TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS â STEGANOPODES. Tlio nests of the Anhinga are variously placed â sometimes in a low bush; on the common smilax, at an elevation of only a few feet; or on the upper branches of a liiecies, collected in Florida by Dr. Hryant (No. 3838), present tin- same chalky apiu'arance as do the eggs of the Cormorants, and are of a uniform bluisli ehalky-white color, of an oblong oval .shape, ranging from 2.(K) to inches in length, and h'oin to in breadth. SULID
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. I I 170 TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS â STEGANOPODES. Tlio nests of the Anhinga are variously placed â sometimes in a low bush; on the common smilax, at an elevation of only a few feet; or on the upper branches of a liiecies, collected in Florida by Dr. Hryant (No. 3838), present tin- same chalky apiu'arance as do the eggs of the Cormorants, and are of a uniform bluisli ehalky-white color, of an oblong oval .shape, ranging from 2.(K) to inches in length, and h'oin to in breadth. SULID/K. â Thk Gannkts. f'llAK. Hill somewhat conical, very thick tlirougli the bnso, Imt ra]tidly ta])er- ing to tlio tip, the maxillary unguis Itcin;,' only faintly indicated, and Imt curved ; basal portion of the nmxillary touiiuin covered by a supernumerary wedge- shaped piece, distinctly separated from tlie anterior portion ; nostrils obsolete ; lores, malar region, chin, and more or It^ss of tlie tliroat nakcti; outer toe aliout eijual In the middle, or very slightly longer; inner c'dge of middle claw distinctly pectinatnl Tail about half as long as the wing, cuneatc, the fealliers tapering toward the tips. The (Sannets are jierhajis projKM'ly separable into two genera â Siilit and Jh/sjm- riis ; the latter including only the .V. finnsdiin. Ihi'. in considering the sumll mnulM r of Anu'rican species, no great violence will Im' do!u,' in referring them to a single genus. GKVtTH SULA, Mkissov. Su!a, HlUHN. Orii. VI. I'/tlO, 4li.'i (ty]"', liy cliiiiiiialion, i'r/inniiiii hiini'iasfir, nnim.). IhlHiioruH, I'ltMlr. isil, 'llv (\\\*; l>y I'liniiiiaiion, Pilirninis /(i/*«i/(u/.«, Linn.). I'ixeiitn'j; ItKicil. Av. Synt. \M'2, \i. vi (typi-, Pilirnnux jii'senlur, Linn.). PhincuH, UkH'II. 1. I'. (ty|ii', I'rlirnHKn /uiirim, (iM. f), CjiAK. Smiic n* tlioHc of tlic fiunily. Till- fi'iir NoHIi AimTicun MjH-cicH of this gcnuH may bv illHtiiiguished as
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