. A book of birds. Birds. CHAPTER V THE TOTIPALMATE BIRDS, HERONS, STORKS, AND FLAMINGOES Orders—STEGANOPODES, CICONI/E, AND PHOENICOPTERI The birds which form the subject of this chapter comprise a number of distinct groups which, at first sight, seem perhaps to have but little in common, for, in the first place, while some are web-footed, others are not. As a matter of fact, however, a study of their anatomy shows that they are all closely related one to another. THE TOTIPALMATE BIRDS The birds which are known as the Totipalmate, or Steganopodous, birds were grouped together by the older nat
. A book of birds. Birds. CHAPTER V THE TOTIPALMATE BIRDS, HERONS, STORKS, AND FLAMINGOES Orders—STEGANOPODES, CICONI/E, AND PHOENICOPTERI The birds which form the subject of this chapter comprise a number of distinct groups which, at first sight, seem perhaps to have but little in common, for, in the first place, while some are web-footed, others are not. As a matter of fact, however, a study of their anatomy shows that they are all closely related one to another. THE TOTIPALMATE BIRDS The birds which are known as the Totipalmate, or Steganopodous, birds were grouped together by the older naturalists because they differed from all other web-footed birds in that all the four toes are united by a continuous web, whereas in all other web-footed birds the hind-toe, when present, is free. The labours of later workers have shown that this association was justified. The best known of these Toti- palmate birds are the Cormorants and Gannets. The Common Cormorant (Plate III. fig. 4) is a bird which enjoys a very wide distribution over the earth's surface, being common all 41 6. Fig. 13.—Foot of a Cormorant, to show the totipalmate condition —all four toes united in a com = mon 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 Pycraft, William Playne. London, Sidney Appleton
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