220 THE STORY OF THE BIRDS. 
vated, and short, while herons, storks, bitterns, etc., with 
similar beaks, have rather long rear toes low down. 
If, however, the bird is less than thirty-six inches 
long, then— 
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tip—the outer quill never so long as the next two or 



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three—and, combined with this, the bill never soft at 
the tip or slim for probing like a woodeock’s, and 
