Synopsis of Orders and Families. 



ANH1NGA. 



Family II. ANHINGAS: SNAKE-BIRDS. ANHINGID.-E. 



Bill straight and slender; chin and eye space bare; tail rounded; its middle feathers 

 fluted. 



VIOLET-GREEN CORMORANT. 



Family 12. CORMORANTS. PHALACROCORACID/E. 



Bill with a hooked tip; a small pouch at its base; plumage usually black or blackish. 



MAN-O' WAR BIRD-. 



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