78 AXIIINGA. 



la sac. this and ndked space about face, brown- 

 ish. Young grayish brown, lighter beneath, 

 sometimes white on throat and under tail 

 coverts. Breeds in Texas. Mexico, and Ba- 

 hamas, w^andering along the Gulf of Mexico 

 and up the Mississippi Valle}^ tonorthern 111. 

 Common. 



AXHINGAS. 



Large, slender birds which occur on in- 

 land w\aters ; long ne(?ks, small heads, point- 

 ed bills, long, fan-shaped tails, with central 

 feathers corrugated, fig. 49. Flight, steady 

 and direct, wing-beats, rapid, often soar at a 

 considerable height in circles. 



51. ANHINGA. 

 Large, 35 ; male, greenish black, spotted 

 and streaked above with gray ; tail, tipped 

 with ashy. In. spring there are long, ashy, 

 filamentous feathers on head and neck, fig. 

 49. Young, more or less whitish on lower 

 neck. Female differs in having lower part 

 of neck and upper breast ash}' 3'ellow. Young 

 brownisli throughout. Resident in tropical 



