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GROUP 3. Toes, four, totipalmate (front toes, full 

 webbed); hind toe, connected with front ones by web. 



Bill, sharp-pointed and slender; chin, bare; neck, 

 long and slender; toes, four, all connected by webs; 

 middle tail feathers, corrugated or fluted. 



Family ANHINGID^E. Darters, Snake Birds. 



See page 50. 



Bill, hooked at tip, over twelve inches 

 long and having a large pouch; lores, bare; 

 toes, four, all connected by webs. 



Family PELECANID^. Pelicans. 

 See page 52. 



Bill, hooked at tip, and less than twelve inches long; bare skin 



at base of bill and chin; lores, bare; toes, four, all connected by webs. 



Family PHALACROCORACID^. Cormorants. 



See page 51. 



Bill, hooked at tip; lores, feathered; upper 

 plumage, entirely black; toes, four, all con- 

 nected by webs; tail, forked; wings, very long. 



Family FREGATID^E. Man-of-war Birds, 

 Frigate Birds. See page 52. 



