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ORDER 5. DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS. Anseres. 
Mergansers, with s!ender, toothed bills, with which 
to catch the fish they pursue under water. 
Other ducks have rather broad bills, more or less 
resembling those of the domestic duck. Their flight 
is rapid and direct. River ducks have no web, or 
flap, on the hind toe; they get their food without go- 
ing entirely under water, by tipping up. Sea ducks 
) have a broad flap on the hind toe. 
ORDER 6. FLAMINGOES. Odontogloss2e. 
Family Phoenicopterid@: — Large, long-necked, 
pink birds with a crooked box-like pill, long legs and 
webbed feet. 
ORDER 7. HERONS, IBISES, ETC. Herodiones. 
Long-legged, wading birds, with all four toes long, 
slender and without webs. Usually found about the 
muddy edges of ponds, lakes or creeks, and less 
often on the sea shore. Wings large and rounded. 
SPOONBILL. Family Plataleid@:—Bill long, thin 
and much broadened at the end; head bare. 
IBISHS. Family Ibidid@w:—Bill long, slender and 
curved down. Ibises and Spoonbills fly with the 
neck fully extended. 
