. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . ange.—Tropical America, north to the South Atlantic States and up theMississippi Valley to Illinois. Anhingas or Snake Birds are curiously formed creatures with a Heron-likehead and neck, and the body of a Cormorant. They live in colonies in inacces-sible swamps. Owing to their thin and light bodies, they are remarkable swimmers, and pursue and catch fishunder water with ease. When alarm-ed they have a habit of sinking theirbody below water,
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . ange.—Tropical America, north to the South Atlantic States and up theMississippi Valley to Illinois. Anhingas or Snake Birds are curiously formed creatures with a Heron-likehead and neck, and the body of a Cormorant. They live in colonies in inacces-sible swamps. Owing to their thin and light bodies, they are remarkable swimmers, and pursue and catch fishunder water with ease. When alarm-ed they have a habit of sinking theirbody below water, leaving only theirhead and neck visible, thereby havingthe appearance of a water also fly well and dive from theirI erch into the water with the greatest( elerity. They nest in colonies in the swamps,placing their nests of sticks, leavesand moss in the bushes over thewater. They breed in April, layingfrom three to five bluish eggs, covered with a chalky deposit. Size x —Gainesville, Florida, May IS, 1894. Nest in the top of a button-woodtree, made of leaves and branches, overhanging the water. Collector. Chalkj bluish white
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