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Forehead, nape, an. I under IHUI* white: >>< k !' (In head hlack 

 with white; hack, wing*. n>l (nil deep |n<arl gray. /MI. Similar t the pro- 

 r. 1'iit up|er p.irt.s riK'Ti- <>r IIIIN wnxhol nii<l ti|>|x-<l with l>riii-.' 

 with irrmywh. 1... 1 . :i:n>; B.. . 



*. Temperate n.l tropical America; l.n--.l in tin- inti rior from 

 Kaiwaa and Illinois t<>. \lnnkm; nt known t<> l>n-<-i| mi tin- Atlantic oowt, 

 whore it U found from Prince KdwurdV Ulaml southward an an irrrgulai 

 migrant, occiii-riiii; at time* in connidcrahlc numU-r*. 



Washington, inviriilur T. V.. S. |.t. I...IHT l.-hm.l. irncular T. V. in \*ry- 

 \ng numbers \\tg. ami S-pt. sin t ' S'u |.t. 



of reeda, graMen, etc., ruthcr diwly w<>v<-n, in nru**y mar- 



flnting in a nlmi^h. /,;/;/". tw t. ihr.-v. nrn\i.li ulivr -hmwn. 

 rarvly whitinh, heavily i>])ottod an>l Ll-.trlu-.l with chiM-nUto markings fre- 

 quently confluent alxmt the- larger i-n.l, l-a.'i 



This is an abundant species at favorable lix-alitics in tin- interior. 



" It seems not to subsist on fish at all, tint chiefly on dragon flies 

 and various aquatic in.-rrts. It finds lx>th its homt and its food in 

 the marshes usually, but its powers of flight are so great that it may 

 also be seen far out on the dry open plains, M-mirim; the country for 

 food at a distance of miles from its nesting ground. . . . 



"The bird may frequently be seen dashing iil*>iit in a zigzag man- 

 ner so swiftly, the eye can offer no explanation of its motive until, on 

 the resumption of its ordinary flight, a large dragon fly is seen hang- 

 ing from its bill. . . ." (Thompson). 



The WHITE- wixoEt) BLACK TKKN (?>'. //y./r.7i. //.//. /i /. .'// rai. an ol.l 

 WorM s|H'i-ic*. lini IWI-M taken once in WiwuiiMii, uiul is r-<rlud a"en t1 

 on a lake near Winnipeg. 



79. Anoua stolidus / < " '< N"imv. .!/. -T>p "t'tlic hfil nilvery 

 whiti.th, lon-rt hlnck ; n-st .f the pluiiiai'e <lnrk MH.IV l.pnvn; tuil run<li-<i, 

 the etntrnl tuil-fenthen* longest /m. Similar, lut the t<']> ,,f tin- h.-u.l !.- 

 like the rest of the plumage and the silvery \vhiti*h ii|'[H-nrx a a line from 

 the bill to above th. , -ye. I... l.v<': W.. l -:.: T...vjrt: B., l-7-. 



Range. "Tropical and nuhtr^pieul reirions; in America, from Brazil and 

 Chili no'rth to the Gulf uri.l South Atlantic States" (A. 0. 1 



Airf, of utick*. graKHCft, etc.. on a maiik'rove luish. in a tree, nomrtimfl* on 

 the beach T in crevice* of rocks. Kyy, pale hufly white, npnriiiu'ly marked 

 with rufous, 2-05 x 1-35. 



This is a summer visitant to our South Atlantic and Gulf coasts, 

 and nests on some of the Florida keys. 



FAMILY RYNCHOPIDJE. SKIMMERS. 



The throe closdy willed s|-'ies constitutini: this .small but di-tinct 

 family are found in the warmer parts of the earth. Duly one species 



