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TJIK JUHDS OF EASTERN XOliTIl AMEK1CA. 



Bill, 'sharp-pointed and slender: chin, hare: neck, long ami slender; 

 tot--, tour, nil connected i>\ -\\ehs; middle t;iil feathers, corrugated or 



fluted. 



Family ANHINOID/E. Darters, Snake Birds. 



Sec page .").'{. 



I'.ill. hooked at tip, over i \\dvc inches \<>ng and liaviug ; 

 i- ptMich: lures, hare; toes, four, all connected hy \vclis. 



Family PELECANID/C. Pelicans 



See page 56. 



Uill. hooked at tip, and less than twelve inches long; hare skin at hase of hill and chin; 

 lore.s, bare; toes, tour, all connected hy \\ehs. 



Family PHALACROCORAC1D/E. Cormorants. 



See page f)4. 



liill. hooked at tip; lores, leathered: upper plumage, entirely 

 Mack: toes, lour, all connected hf \\ehs; tail, forked ; \ving<, very 

 lOllg. 



Family FREGATID/E. Man=of=war Birds, Frigate Birds. 



See page .Y<. 



