. Birds of village and field: a bird book for beginners . Fig. bill of Hawk. observe them walking along the streets or roosting on housetops. Inboth west and souththey are one of thecommonest birds inthe sky and may berecognized from be-low by the blackbody figure set in abordering of graywing. The wing tipsare separated like the teeth of a comb. The shad-ows of the birds often cross your path as they cir-cle silently around o \ and around in thesky with headsturned down toscan the earth forcarrion. On ac-count of the char-acter of the foodof the Buzzards,their bills and feetare
. Birds of village and field: a bird book for beginners . Fig. bill of Hawk. observe them walking along the streets or roosting on housetops. Inboth west and souththey are one of thecommonest birds inthe sky and may berecognized from be-low by the blackbody figure set in abordering of graywing. The wing tipsare separated like the teeth of a comb. The shad-ows of the birds often cross your path as they cir-cle silently around o \ and around in thesky with headsturned down toscan the earth forcarrion. On ac-count of the char-acter of the foodof the Buzzards,their bills and feetare modified fromthe Hawk bill is less sharply pointed and powerful;while the feet, instead of having curved talons,have an elongated middle toe well adapted towalking on the ground, or steadying the largebody as the bird stands on the carrion it Fig. bill of Vulture. BLACK VULTURE 265 Doctor Ralph gives a grotesque picture of the Vultures he has seen in the south floatnig clown
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