THE 
BLACK-BELLIED DARTER. 
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Generic Character. 
Bill long, ftrait, (harp-pointed. 
Nojlri/s long and narrow, near the bale of the bill. 
.Legs (hort: toes four : all united by a web. 
Specific Character, &c. 
DARTER with the body flreaked with white 
above; the abdomen entirely black. 
Black-bellied DARTER. 
Lath. fyn. 6. p. 624. 
ANHINGA de Cayenne. 
PI. enl. 959. 
This bird is a native of various parts of India, 
where it chiefly frequents rivers ; generally fitting 
on branches which clofely overhang the water; from 
time to time darting down its long neck in order to 
feize the fmaller fifhes and other animals on which 
it preys. The tail feathers are marked throughout 
their whole length by a great number of tranfverfe 
undulations or furrows. The fize of this fpecies is 
nearly equal to that of a fhag. 
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