First lesson in zoology : adapted for use in schools . Fio. 205.—^, bones of the foot ofan embryo bird. Is, upper, ti,lower, pieces of the tarsus. B,leg of the Buzzard {Buteo vul-garis), o, femur; b, tibia; 6,fibula; r, tafso-metatarsus; c,the same piece isolated, andseen from in front; d, d, d,d, the four digits or toes. 200 FIRST LESSONS IN FiQ. 207.—Types of birds feet. A, reticulate tarsus of black-bellied plover; B,.ocutellate tarsus of meadow-lark; O, booted tarsus of robin; -D, cursorial footof ostrich; E, rasorial foot of prairie-chicken; F, semi-palmated foot of peep;Q, toti

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First lesson in zoology : adapted for use in schools . Fio. 205.—^, bones of the foot ofan embryo bird. Is, upper, ti,lower, pieces of the tarsus. B,leg of the Buzzard {Buteo vul-garis), o, femur; b, tibia; 6,fibula; r, tafso-metatarsus; c,the same piece isolated, andseen from in front; d, d, d,d, the four digits or toes. 200 FIRST LESSONS IN FiQ. 207.—Types of birds feet. A, reticulate tarsus of black-bellied plover; B,.ocutellate tarsus of meadow-lark; O, booted tarsus of robin; -D, cursorial footof ostrich; E, rasorial foot of prairie-chicken; F, semi-palmated foot of peep;Q, totipajmafe foot of wood-du^k; gj 9f cormorant. THE BIRDS. 201 There are three general types of feet in birds, riz., the run-ning, walking, or wading; the swimming, and the perching;

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