ARTIFICIAL KEY 



I<> I'l-l IM.riSlI THE 



LAND BIRDS AND WATER BIRDS. 



All birds having toes more or less webbed and no feathers 

 on the tarsus (all iutergradations between figures A and B), 

 exeept the Vulture?,* and also all birds having the bill more 

 than three inches long, whether tho toes are webbed or not, arc 

 Water Birds. There are also a few \Vatcr Birds which do not 

 agie.- with the above description, which may be described as 

 follows : 



< i.iHimilrs. 



Kail,-. 



l.i-a-t r.itK'ni.- .in I .-mall ll< mil-. 



>iiii;i. BIRDS. The majority of the shore Bird-: either have the toes with small web, or 



tin- liill over three inch.- long. Those which do not, may be reeogni/ed liy the following 

 characters; hind toe. when present, elevated above level of front toes: bill, rather sofi ; nos- 

 tril, a ,-ht; lower portion of tibia (upper part of leg), not feathered: first primary, about 

 equal to second. 



<i AI.I.IXI M.S. -- 1,'ail-like bird-, inhabiting marshy places: forehead, covered by a horny 

 plate or -bleld. 



i;\n.-. - Wing, rather short and rounded: toe-, long: hind toe, above level of front toes 

 ft riu- I: uU : first primary, much shorter than second. 



l.i \>T I'.i i i i.i.-Ns \M> SMALL Ilr.noN-. -Toes, four; lores, bare: inner side ol middle 



to.- nail, with eomb-llke ed-e. 



All other birds are called Land Birds. 



'''I Land Bird.* ha\r lh<- tuc- |. ;l rt|y u.-hh.-il, -u-li Ot lli' < ;<>:it-in-ki'i -, <'<ii>rinnil<ii<l<<\ th- Vultures, 

 f 'iitlni rln/if, ami a l.- ollii-r-.; lint all |I;IM- I n>> l.i< n i I Or I6SB liMllirffil, c M't-pt the Vliltili.'-, the "illy Lain I 



I,,,--, an. i latben i>ii tin- tarsus. 



