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TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS — STEGANOPODES. 



nearly ]Kinillfl in iU curvature with tlie anterii)r: ' ut the patcli becomes narrower upward, where 

 it extends on each side to iniuiodiately behind th« orbit. A hirge white patch on eacli Hank, at 

 the in^-rtion of the leg. Entire top and sides of the liead (e.xcej)! the occipital crest), down nearly 

 to the middle of the neck, covered with narrow white tiLimentous leathers. " Upper mandible 



/'. carbo 



grajrish black, Jilong the edges yellowish white ; lower yellowish white at the base, dusky tuwaiil 

 the end ; iris light bluish green, margins of eyelids dusky ; bare space about the eye dull olive, 

 below it bright red, the gular sac yellow ; feet and claws grayish black " * { Auduuon). Adult, iti 

 tcinttr: Similar to the above, but white ilank-patch and filamentous feathej-s of the head absent. 



IT l*tiJ^Si 



.Vo red in the Iwre skin of the head. Young, Jirst plumage: Above, dull brownish gray, the 

 feathers iMrdered with <lull black (much less sharply than in the adult) ; rump and upper tail- 



• Acconlingto Audubon, the "soft parts " of nn adult female obtained in July were colonnl as follows : 

 " The liill, eyes, and feet are colored ns in the male [see above], as arc the bare parts about the base of tlie 

 bill ; only the part under the eye, which is bright red in the male, is bright yellow iu the female." 



