. Teachers' manual of bird-life : a guide to the study of our common birds . FiG. 12.—Lobed foot of a Coot, aswimininj; bird of tho Eailfamily. (1/3 natural size.) Fig. 13.—Lobed foot of a Phala-rope, a swinmiincc bird of theSnipe family. (Natural size.) matic action of certain tendons the birds are locked totheir perches while sleeping. A webbed foot implies abil-ity to swim, and we Und this character present in all the 28 FORM AND HABIT: THE FEET. water-loving Divers, Auks, Gulls, Cormorants, and tlie wading Herons and marsli-inhabiting Kails andGallinules tlie web is absent, but it
. Teachers' manual of bird-life : a guide to the study of our common birds . FiG. 12.—Lobed foot of a Coot, aswimininj; bird of tho Eailfamily. (1/3 natural size.) Fig. 13.—Lobed foot of a Phala-rope, a swinmiincc bird of theSnipe family. (Natural size.) matic action of certain tendons the birds are locked totheir perches while sleeping. A webbed foot implies abil-ity to swim, and we Und this character present in all the 28 FORM AND HABIT: THE FEET. water-loving Divers, Auks, Gulls, Cormorants, and tlie wading Herons and marsli-inhabiting Kails andGallinules tlie web is absent, but it reappears in the formof lobes on tlie toes of the aquatic Coots of the samefamily. Some shore-inhabiting Snipe have the bases of thetoes united by webs, but the Phalaropes, of two species,have lobed toes not unlike those of the Coots, and aretrue swimming Snipe living on the sea for long periods. Length of foot is largely dependent upon length ofneck. This is illustrated by the Herons, and is particu-larly well shown by the
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