Anhinga, Pelicans, and Man-o'-War Bird 



118. Anhinga; Snakebird; Water Turkey (yin- 

 hinga anhinga). L. 36. ^d. c?- Black; grayish head 

 and neck plumes which, in winter, are absent. j4d. 

 9. Resembles male but whole head, neck, and 

 brcact brownish. Yng. Similar to ¥ but black 

 parts duller. hlotes. A ra:5piTig, clattering croak, 

 uttered when fighting or in coming to the nest. 



RanEc— Tropical and subtropical America; breeds north to soulh- 

 ern Illinois and South Caroling; winters from Gulf Stales southward. 



125. American White Pelican {Pdecamis erythroy- 

 hynckos). L. 6u. Ads. White; primaries black; bill 

 in breeiiing season with a knob. Yng. With crown 

 brownish. 



Raneei—North America; breeds In interior from eastern California, 

 Utah, Yellowstone Park, Minnesota (?) northward to Lat. 61°; win- 

 ters trom Gulf States and southern California, south to Central Amer- 

 ica. 



I 26. Brown Pelican (Pdecanus or^cidentalis). L. 50; 

 W. 19.5. -4ds. Pouch greenish; head white, rarely 

 yellowish; neck brown. In fall, no brown on neck. 

 Yng. Brownish gray, white below. Notes. Adults as 

 a rule silent; young before flying, very noisy. 



Range:^Atlantic and Gulf coast of tropical and subtropical Amer- 

 ica; breeds from northern South America to South Carolina; has 

 strayed to llhnols and Nova Scotia; winters from Gulf States south- 

 ward. 



127. 



California Brown Pelican (Pelecanus calpbrn- 



54; W. 3i; 



ieus). Similar to No. 126, but larger, 

 pouch ill breeding season, led. 



L. 



Range. — Pacific coast from Galapagos north Icj British Columbia; 

 creeds north only to Los Otronadus Islaiids. 



128. Man-o'-War Bird; Frigate Bird (Fregata 



aquila). L. 40. jJd. cf. Black, glossy above; 

 pouch "scarlet or orange." Ad. ?. Browner; 

 breast and belly white. Yng. Similar to 9i but 

 head and neck white. Notes. Usually silent; rarely a 

 croaking note. 



Raiigtt — Tropkal and subtropical coasts; In America north to 

 Florida. Texas, and southern California; casually to Kansas, Ohio 

 and Nova Scolla; winters from southern Florida and Lower Cal- 

 fornla southward. 



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