12 THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 
Hind toe, elevated above the level of the others; bill, slender; nostrils, opening through 
slits: sides of toes, webbed. Family PHALAROPODIDAE. Phalaropes. 
See page 104. 
GROUP 2. 
Toes, four; front toes, palmate (full webbed); hind toe, 
not connected with front ones by web. 
ey eas 1 
= % 
Bill, straight and pointed; tarsus, flat- W 
‘ placed far back near the tail; tail, very 
~ short. 
Family GAVIIDAZ. Loons. 
See page 28. 
Very large wing, over 19 inches long; upper mandible, 
curved near tip, forming a hook, the end (unguis) enlarged; 7f/7_ 
nostrils, separate and tubular; hind toe, rudimentary, often f// 
apparently wanting. 
Family DIOMEDEIDA:. Albatrosses, 
See page 46. 
Nostrils, tubular, united in one double-barrelled tube ; front toes, palmate (full webbed) ; 
hind toe, very small, and in some cases entirely absent; upper mandible, curved near tip3 
wing, less than 19 inches long. 
Family PROCELLARIIDAE. Shearwaters, Petrels, and Fulmars. 
See page 46. 
