SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS AND FAMILIES. 



ANHINGA. 



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>. 

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



MAN-O' WAR BIRD. 



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