Characteristics of Form or Habit, That Will De- ORDER 1. 
termine to What Order or Family Birds Belong. Gauss: sii ga GREBE. 
GREBES; Colymbidew:—Form, duck-like; bill point- Ue Has wo tail. 
THINGS TO REMEMBER. a 
ORDER 1. DIVING BIRDS—Pygopodes. ane * 
ed and never flattened; notail; legs at extreme end of = 
body; each flattened toe with an individual web; 
wings small. Flies rapidly, but patters along the 
water before taking wing. Expert divers, using 
wings as well as feet, to propel them, under water. 
LOONS. Family Gaviide:—Larger than Grebes; 
bill, long, heavy and pointed; tail very short; feet 
webbed like a duck’s, but legs thin and deep; form 
and habits, grebe-like. Ges ma: ies feet. 
AUKS, MURRES, PUFFINS. Family Alcidw:— EA, oe 
Bills very variable; tail short; usually takes flight : y ORDER 2. ar 
es 
when alarmed, instead of diving as do grebes and ES 2s 
loons. With the exception of puffins, which stand on a 
their feet, all birds of this order sit upon their whole 
leg and tail. They are awkward on land; some can 
hardly walk. 9 
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Baad 4 Aina ‘Noe ee ee 
— Yuter-toe Longest. 
A AUK, MURRE and - 
My DURAN. 
Have no hind-toe,. 
of This order stand on 
Ae tarsus and Sov, guecist 
the Pugsin whieh stends 
