. Bird world : a bird book for children. Birds -- North America Popular works. /=^. Fig. i8. — Grouse Foot. Fig. 19. — Foot of Flicker. have short, weak toes which they use very little. In England there is a swift whose four toes all point forward, but the bird spends nearly all day on the wing, so that he does not need his feet for perching. Notice the short hind toes of the duck and the grouse (Figs. 15, 18), birds which flatten out the foot in walking. The hen's hind toe, as you must know, does not touch the ground, and in some birds this toe has been used so little that it has practically
. Bird world : a bird book for children. Birds -- North America Popular works. /=^. Fig. i8. — Grouse Foot. Fig. 19. — Foot of Flicker. have short, weak toes which they use very little. In England there is a swift whose four toes all point forward, but the bird spends nearly all day on the wing, so that he does not need his feet for perching. Notice the short hind toes of the duck and the grouse (Figs. 15, 18), birds which flatten out the foot in walking. The hen's hind toe, as you must know, does not touch the ground, and in some birds this toe has been used so little that it has practically 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 Stickney, J. H. (Jenny H. ), b. 1840; Hoffmann, Ralph, b. 1870; Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. Boston : Ginn
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