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Comparative Morphology of Chor 



Fig. 421. New Zealand kiwi, Apleryx australis. (Courtesy, Knowlton and Ridgway: 

 "Birds of the World," New York, Henry Holt & Co., Inc.) 



Order 11. Anseriformes: Ducks, geese, swans; swimmers and 

 waders; short legs, webbed feet; with few exceptions, strong fliers. 



Order 12. Falconiformes: Falcons, eagles, hawks, buzzards 

 (Fig. 428), vultures; carnivorous; hooked bill and long-clawed toes 

 adapted for capture and rending of prey; strong fliers. 



Order 13. Galliformes: Mostly ground birds and poor fliers; 

 quails, pheasants, grouse, turkeys, peafowls, and jungle fowls 

 (Gallus) from which have been derived the many breeds of domestic 

 fowls. The South American hoactzin (Opisthocomus : see p. 410) is 

 commonly included but perhaps should be assigned to a separate order. 



Order 14. Gruiformes: Rails, coots, cranes (Fig. 429) — marsh- 

 inhabiting; bustards — large plain-inhabiting birds of Eastern Hemi- 

 sphere; South American cariamas; poor fliers. 



Order 15. Charadriiformes: Plovers, snipe, sandpipers (Fig. 

 430), curlews — mostly along seacoasts and shores of fresh waters; 

 gulls, terns — oceanic and cosmopolitan, long wings, strong fliers, 

 good swimmers; auks, puffins, murres — oceanic, confined to North- 



