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AMEBIC AN ORNITHOLOGY. 



Identification Chart, No. 24. 



No. 118. Anhinga or Snakebird, (An- 

 h inga a n h inga ) . 



Length 31 in.; extent, 36 in.; tail 11 in. Male. 

 Head, neck, upper and underparts glossy black. 

 Greater and middle coverts silvery white. Back 

 more or less streaked with white. Tail tipped 

 with brownish white. In summer the neck is 

 covered with short silky white plumes; these are 

 absent in winter. The female is similar except 

 that the head and neck are brownish. Breeds 

 in the Gulf States and occasionally north to 

 South Carolina and Illinois. 



No. 125. American White Pelican (Pele- 

 canus erythrorhynchus) . 



Length 60 in., extent from five to six feet; tail 

 12 in. Whole plumage white except the prima- 

 ries which are black. Bill and pouch orange 

 and yellow and in summer adorned with an up- 

 right knob about midway of its length. Found 

 chiefly in the interior portions of North America, 

 breeding from the northern portions of the 

 United States northwards to the central portions 

 of Canada. Winters from the Gulf States south- 

 wards. 



No. 126. Brown Pelican {Pelecanus occi- 

 dental is) . 



Length 50 in. Head and sides of neck whit- 

 ish; rest of neck brownish; back and wings gray- 

 ish; below blackish. Pouch greenish brown. 

 Found in the South Atlantic and Gulf States. 

 Accidentally found as far north as Maine. 



No. 127. California Brown Pelican (Pele- 

 canus californicus) . 



Very similar to the Brown Pelican but averag- 

 ing larger. Found along the Pacific coast from 

 British Columbia southwards. 



or Frigate Bird 



No. 128. Man-o-'War 

 {Fregata aquila) . 



Length 40 in. Male wholly black, glossy 

 above. Pouch orange. Female brownish above 

 and white below. A tropical bird found north 

 to the Gulf coast and southern California. 



