. Bird guide : water birds, game birds and birds of prey east of the Rockies . DARTERS—Family AnhingdaeANHINGA; SNAKE BIRD 118. Aiiliiiiya anltiiu/d. 45 male with a glossy greenish-black head, neckand nnderparts, tlie neck being covered behind, in breed-ing season, with numerous filamentous, whitish and young with neck and breast fawn color infront. Eyes red, face greenish and gular pouch orange,^liddle tail feathers curiously crimped. These peculiarliirds spend their lives within the recesses of swamps,i!ie more dismal and impenetrable, the better. TheyiTch on limbs ov
. Bird guide : water birds, game birds and birds of prey east of the Rockies . DARTERS—Family AnhingdaeANHINGA; SNAKE BIRD 118. Aiiliiiiya anltiiu/d. 45 male with a glossy greenish-black head, neckand nnderparts, tlie neck being covered behind, in breed-ing season, with numerous filamentous, whitish and young with neck and breast fawn color infront. Eyes red, face greenish and gular pouch orange,^liddle tail feathers curiously crimped. These peculiarliirds spend their lives within the recesses of swamps,i!ie more dismal and impenetrable, the better. TheyiTch on limbs oveihanging the water and dive after\<h, frogs, lizards, etc., that pass beneath, from wliicli!iey get one of their names, American Darter. Theywim with tlie body submerged, with only their serpent-like liead and neck visible; hence they are called —Of sticks and leaves in bushes or trees overwater, large colonies of them nesting in the same 3 to 5 eggs are bluish, covered, with a chalkv de-posit ( X ). Range.—Breeds north to the C
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