. Bird guide [microform]. Waterfowl; Birds; Gibier d'eau; Oiseaux. ORDER 2. LONG WINQED pennes. SWIMMERS.—Longl- SKUAS, JAKGBRS. Family Stercorarlldfp:—Ma- rine birds of prey; Mil strongly hooked, with long scaly shield, or cere, at the base; claws strong and curved, hawklike; flight hawk-like; plumage often entirely sooty-black, and always so on the back. GULLS, TERNS. Family Larldir:—Gulls have hooked bills, usually yellowish, yellow eyes i;tir! pale, webbed feet. Head, underparts and square tall are white In adults, back, pearl-grey; exceptions are the four small black-headed gulls, which a
. Bird guide [microform]. Waterfowl; Birds; Gibier d'eau; Oiseaux. ORDER 2. LONG WINQED pennes. SWIMMERS.—Longl- SKUAS, JAKGBRS. Family Stercorarlldfp:—Ma- rine birds of prey; Mil strongly hooked, with long scaly shield, or cere, at the base; claws strong and curved, hawklike; flight hawk-like; plumage often entirely sooty-black, and always so on the back. GULLS, TERNS. Family Larldir:—Gulls have hooked bills, usually yellowish, yellow eyes i;tir! pale, webbed feet. Head, underparts and square tall are white In adults, back, pearl-grey; exceptions are the four small black-headed gulls, which also have red- dish legs. Gulls fly with the bill straight In front, and often rest on the water. Terns have forked tails, black caps, and their slender, pointed bills and small webbed feet are usually red. They fly with bill pointed down, and dive upon their prey. ORDER 3. TUBE-NOSED SWIMMERS.—Tublnarei. FULMARS, SHEARWATERS, PETREL'S. Family Procellarlidff:—Nostrils opening in a tube on top of the hookod bill. Plumage of fulmars, gull-Uke;. 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 Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert), 1876-1912. Toronto : Musson
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