. Bird world : a bird book for children. Birds -- North America Popular works. 94 BIRD WORLD. Many birds, therefore, have only three, and generally these are all front toes. Beside the Swift, who spends so much time in the air, there are two American birds who cannot perch in the usual way; they are Whip-poor-will and the Night Hawk. Their toes are too short to grasp a limb stout enough to hold them, so they rest either on the ground or along, not across, a large ^^'y-< j.'mZ / / /. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enha
. Bird world : a bird book for children. Birds -- North America Popular works. 94 BIRD WORLD. Many birds, therefore, have only three, and generally these are all front toes. Beside the Swift, who spends so much time in the air, there are two American birds who cannot perch in the usual way; they are Whip-poor-will and the Night Hawk. Their toes are too short to grasp a limb stout enough to hold them, so they rest either on the ground or along, not across, a large ^^'y-< j.'mZ / / /. 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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