Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 166
and the lower man-dible, differently from everyother bird, is an inch and a halflonger than the upper. In a lake nearMaldonado, from which the water hadbeen nearly drained, and which, in con-sequence, swarmed with small fry, I saw several ofthese birds, generally in small flocks, flying… … 144 A Book of Natural History water was quite smooth, and it formed a most curiousspectacle to behold a flock, each bird leaving itsnarrow wake on the mirror-like surface. In theirflight they frequently twist about with extreme quick-ness, and dexterously manage with their projectinglower mandible…
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