. Un dizionario di uccelli . hey portano una somiglianza generale sia verso l'esterno che nelle abitudini ai CORMORANI, ma sono molto più sottili nella forma, e hanno sia collo che coda molto allungati. Il disegno di legge, invece di essere ribaltato Avith un gancio mascellare, ha i suoi bordi besetwith dentellature dirette all'indietro, ed è bruscamente puntato, in ^ Anhinga, secondo Marcgrave, che per primo ha descritto questo uccello [Hist,EER. NAT. Brasile, p. 218), era il nome che portava tra i nativi. SERPENTE-UCCELLO 88i questo rispetto, così come nel collo attenuato, paragonando i serpenti-uccelli agli aironi ; capanna questi ultimi non in genere tra

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. A dictionary of birds . hey bear a general resemblance both outwardlyand in habits to CORMORANTS, but are much more slender in form, and have both neck and tail much elongated. The bill also, instead of being tipped Avith a maxillary hook, has its edges besetwith serratures directed backwards, and is sharply pointed, —in ^ Anhinga, according to Marcgrave, who first described this bird [Hist, Eer. Nat. Brasil. p. 218), was the name it bore among the natives. SNAKE-BIRD 88i this respect, as well as in the attenuated neck, likening the Snake-birds to the Herons ; hut the latter do not generally transfixtheir prey as do the former. The male of the American species, which ranges from Illinoisto the south of Brazil, is in full breeding-plumage a very beautifulbird, with crimson irides, the bare skin round the eye» apple-greenand that of the chin orange, the head, neck and most part of thebody clothed in black glossed with green ; but down each side ofthe neck runs a row of long hair-like white feathers, tinged with. Indian Snake-bird. After Tickells drawing in tlie Zoological Societys library. pale lilac. The much elongated scapulars and the small upperAving-coverts bear each a median white mark, which on the formeris a stripe pointed at either end, and on the latter a broad ovatepatch.^ The larger wing-coverts are dull white, but the quill-feathers of the Avings and tail are black, the last broadly tippedwith brownish-red, passing into greyish-Avhite, and forming a con-spicuous band when the tail is spread in form of a fan, as it oftenis under water.- The hen differs much in appearance from the ^ These feathers are very characteristic of each species of the genus, and iiiIndia, saj-s Jerdon, are among the Khasias a badge of royaltj. 2 This peculiarity, first pointed out to me by Mr. Bartlett, who observedit in birds in the Zoological Societys possession, doubtless suggested the nameof AVater-Turkey by which in some places Flofus anhingn is said to beki;own. 882 SNAKE-BI

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• bookcentury1800
• bookdecade1890
• booksubjectbirds
• bookyear1896