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terminally. Sides of the occiput mid neck ornununted liy lengthened, l(K)»f-welibed, huir-like 

 feathers of dirty white or pide ),'riiyif»li liliu', ; ninhal leatliers eli)nf,'iited, huir-like, forniinj^ a Hort of 

 liHiM! mane. "Upper niandil>le diinky-Dlive, the ecl;,'es yellow; lower umiidilde hri^jht yellow, 

 ilic edj;e» and tip greenish ; Imre H|iace al)oiil the eyi! l)luinh jjreen ; ^nlar mic Itri^^ht orun^'e ; iris 

 Kii;;ht carniine ; tanti niid toes anteriorly dusky-olive, the hind parts and webs yellow, claws 

 lituwuisL bluuk" (Auui;uo»). Adult male, in winter: Similar to the above, but demtitutu of the 





p. anhinga. 



whitish feathers of the head and neck. Adult ffvuih; in full hreedinri-plumage : Head, neck, and 

 breast grayish buff, becoming grayish brown (sometimes fjuite dusky) on the pileum and nape, the 

 breast lijj'liter, and bounded below by u narrow band of dark chestnut, bordering the upiK;r edge of 

 the black of the alxlomen ; sides of the upper part of the neck adorned with an inconspicuous lou- 

 j,'itU(Iirial stripe of short white loose-webl)ed feathers. Rest of the plumage as in the male. Bill, 

 etc., colored much as in the male, but iris paler red (pinkish). Young, in first winter : Similar to 

 the adult female, but lower parts duller black (the feathers usually indistinctly tippe<l with grayish 

 urowu), the chestnut pectoral band entirely absent ; U])per parts much duller block (the bu'.:k 



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decidedly brownish), the light markings much smaller and more indistinct. Young, fint plumage.- 

 Similar to the above, but entire lower parts light grayish buff, darker posteriorly. Transverse 

 iDnugations of the middle rectrices quite obsolete. Nestling: Covered with buff-colored down 

 (Ai uudon). 



Total length, about 34.00 to 36.00 inches ; extent, 43.00 to 44.00 ; wing, 14.00 ; tail, 11.00 ; 

 bill, 3.25 ; tarsus, 1.35. 



Tiie Australian P. nov(r-hollandi(r resembles very closely the American species in the details of 



