. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. 312 KEY AND DESCRIPTION with -white, and the rounded tail is tipped with whitish. The female is similar but has the head, neck, and breast brownish. A common bird in the swamps of the Gulf States. (Snake-bird; Water Turkey.) Length, 34 ; wing, 14 ; tail, 11 ; tarsus, 1^ ; culmen, SJ. Tropical and subtropical America, north to North Carolina and Kansas. FAMILY LV. GANNKl'S (StiLIDJE) A small family (8 species) of large, heavy, sea-birds, which, except when migratin
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. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. 312 KEY AND DESCRIPTION with -white, and the rounded tail is tipped with whitish. The female is similar but has the head, neck, and breast brownish. A common bird in the swamps of the Gulf States. (Snake-bird; Water Turkey.) Length, 34 ; wing, 14 ; tail, 11 ; tarsus, 1^ ; culmen, SJ. Tropical and subtropical America, north to North Carolina and Kansas. FAMILY LV. GANNKl'S (StiLIDJE) A small family (8 species) of large, heavy, sea-birds, which, except when migrating, are never found far from land. In their movements through the air they alternate their flapping with short periods of sailing. They are large-bodied birds, but have such exten- sive air cavities under the skin as to render them very light on the water; thus they swim with great ease. Associated in small flocks, these birds fly with outstretched neck, usually at some height above the waves, and, when a fish is seen, close the wings and shoot down- ward like an arrow to secure the prey. 1. Booby (115. ^jVa skla). —A dark brown gannet, with white breast and belly. The head and neck are sometimes streaked with lighter brown and the breast is tinted with darker brown. The young has even the lower parts brownish, though not so dark as the back. An inhabitant of barren shores.. Booby. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig), 1838-1908. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American Book Co