4-S4 DARTER. 



A— BLACK DARTER. 



Anhinga noir de Cayenne, PI: en/. 9G0. Ind. Orn. ii. 896. 

 Black Darter, G«?n. Syn. vi. 625. B 



SIZE of the others; length three feet. Bill pale yellow ; round 

 the eye and throat pale dusky white ; wing coverts yellowish white ; 

 tlte rest of the plumage black, except the feathers on the beginning- 

 of the back, and some of the scapulars, which are streaked down 

 the middle with white, somewhat like the others; tip of the tnil 

 iiirtv rufe-us ; lejrs brownish yellow, 



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