ORDER STEGANOPODES. 



TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS. ANHINGAS, CORMORANTS, 

 PELICANS, ETC. 



Family ANHINGID^. Darters, Snake Birds. 



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

 toes, four, all connected by webs; middle tail feathers, corrugated or 

 fluted. 



*GROUP I. Wing, 12.50 to i 5. 50 inches long. 



Neck, long, snake-like; head and neck, black in male, brown in 

 female; outer webs of two middle tail feathers, "fluted." 



Anhinga anhinga. 

 Anhinga. Water Turkey. 

 vSee No. 31. 



*For directions for measurement, see page 21. 



50 



