Synopsis of Orders and Families. 



ANHINGA. 



Family ir ANHINGAS; SNAKE-BIRDS. ANHINGID^. 

 fluted ' ^'"'^ """^ "^"P^" ''^'■^' ^^'^ roui.ded; its middle feathers 



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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