. Bird world : a bird book for children. Birds -- North America Popular works. Fig. i6. —Ostrich Foot. Fig. 17. — Foot of Song Sparrow. you have. Four is the largest and commonest num- ber, usually arranged so that three toes point forward and one back. This arrangement is best suited to perch with; as one writer says, it makes the bird's foot a kind of hand, the hind toe acting like your thumb, which would help very little if it could not be brought up under your fingers. In the hawks (see Fig. 46, p. 187) the toes are wide apart, so that a large object can be clutched and held firmly. The Fi
. Bird world : a bird book for children. Birds -- North America Popular works. Fig. i6. —Ostrich Foot. Fig. 17. — Foot of Song Sparrow. you have. Four is the largest and commonest num- ber, usually arranged so that three toes point forward and one back. This arrangement is best suited to perch with; as one writer says, it makes the bird's foot a kind of hand, the hind toe acting like your thumb, which would help very little if it could not be brought up under your fingers. In the hawks (see Fig. 46, p. 187) the toes are wide apart, so that a large object can be clutched and held firmly. The Fishhawk, which has to seize a very slippery prey, can turn one toe sidewise, and all 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 Stickney, J. H. (Jenny H. ), b. 1840; Hoffmann, Ralph, b. 1870; Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. Boston : Ginn
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