. The bird, its form and function . Fig. 167.— Beak of irlatinl to oacli other and to Figs. 1(14 and Hm, hut with different feeding lialit> 2^0 The Bird each individual method—a niche into which it fitsperfectly in the great scheme of Earths hungry creat-ures. The snake-birds prey is in the water of dense. Fig. 16R.—Brown Pelican catching fish, showing l)ag-like distension of lowermandible. (Sanborn photographer. Courtesy of N. V. Zoological Society.) sw^amps and bayous; cormorants and pelicans amicablyshare inland lakes and tidal waters; while the haunt ofthe gannet is th
. The bird, its form and function . Fig. 167.— Beak of irlatinl to oacli other and to Figs. 1(14 and Hm, hut with different feeding lialit> 2^0 The Bird each individual method—a niche into which it fitsperfectly in the great scheme of Earths hungry creat-ures. The snake-birds prey is in the water of dense. Fig. 16R.—Brown Pelican catching fish, showing l)ag-like distension of lowermandible. (Sanborn photographer. Courtesy of N. V. Zoological Society.) sw^amps and bayous; cormorants and pelicans amicablyshare inland lakes and tidal waters; while the haunt ofthe gannet is the high seas. Even more closolv related to each other are terns Beaks and Bills 231 and Black Skimmers. Except in their bills these birdsare almost identical in structure, but the bill makes a
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