Four feet, wings, and fins . y a shell to protect a morepowerful tongue. Others say that the long beak isgiven to the bird to dive down into small birdsnests, and to draw up the eggs and the young forher food. The largest of these species is the toco-toucan. Such is the structure of their bills thatthere is no danger of mistaking them for any otherbird. They belong to the family Ramphasidoer 273 THE SNIPES NEST. The children now began to sum up what theyhad learned: Snipes and woodcocks belong to the order Gral-latores^ and to the family ScolopacidcB, The rail andthe jacana belong to the order
Four feet, wings, and fins . y a shell to protect a morepowerful tongue. Others say that the long beak isgiven to the bird to dive down into small birdsnests, and to draw up the eggs and the young forher food. The largest of these species is the toco-toucan. Such is the structure of their bills thatthere is no danger of mistaking them for any otherbird. They belong to the family Ramphasidoer 273 THE SNIPES NEST. The children now began to sum up what theyhad learned: Snipes and woodcocks belong to the order Gral-latores^ and to the family ScolopacidcB, The rail andthe jacana belong to the order Natatores, and to theRallidce family. The grebe and the pelican to theorder Natatores, the grebe to the Colymbidce family,and the pelican to the Pelicanidce. Turkeys be-long to the order Rasores, and to the family Phasi-anida. The cuckoo to the order Scansores andto the Cuculidce family. Parrots to the same orderas the cuckoo, and to the family Psittacidoe. Thetoucan to the order Scansores^ and to the familyRamphasidcer 274. >^ «.v CHAPTER IIL BOB WHITE. One day, the family at Aunt Jerushas were sittingout in the vine-covered portico enjoying the freshforenoon air, the children at play in sight, whenRose came running up to the house, slinging herlittle pink sun-bonnet by one string, while her facewas red with heat. I tant find him anywhere, and IVe been huntin*an huntin! she panted, stumbling up the steps, andfinally ensconcing herself in Mr. Dumas lap. 275 BOB WHITE. Whom do you want to find ? asked Mr. Dumas. Why a little boy named Bob White. I heardsomebody call him eber so many times, and Ihunted, too, and touldnt find him. Do you knowwhere he libs, Mr. Dumas ? Wasnt it a bird you heard ? laughed ^ You J^now little birds tant talk ! Some of them can, if they are taught. And someof the notes which untaught birds utter, sounddistinctly like words in our language. There is abird that says Whip-poor-will as plain as anything,so that is what they named the bird. Th
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