. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of their various orders : with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . Birds; Reptiles. 374 GEALLAT0EE9, OR WADING BIEDS. hovering over the retiring water, alternately advancing and re- treating with the waves. As their toes are united at the base by a web or membrane, they enjoy the faculty of resting on the. Tin-. U(j.—Ctaiama [Pahuni^dcu cristnta, Gmelin). water, although they do not actually swim. They utilise this power in allo^ving themselves, everj^ now and then, to be carried on the waves to some distance from the shore
. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of their various orders : with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . Birds; Reptiles. 374 GEALLAT0EE9, OR WADING BIEDS. hovering over the retiring water, alternately advancing and re- treating with the waves. As their toes are united at the base by a web or membrane, they enjoy the faculty of resting on the. Tin-. U(j.—Ctaiama [Pahuni^dcu cristnta, Gmelin). water, although they do not actually swim. They utilise this power in allo^ving themselves, everj^ now and then, to be carried on the waves to some distance from the shore. They well, and can run with the greatest ease. Numerous flocks of them arc found ou almost every sea-coast on the globe, making the neighbourhood ring with their shrill cries. In the breeding season thoy pair off; the hen birds lav from two to four eggs, either in holes carelessly scratched out on the strand or in cletts of the rocks, or sometimes in marshy meadows some distance from the 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 Figuier, Louis, 1819-1894; Gillmore, Parker. New York : D. Appleton
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