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ORDER 5. DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS. Anseres. 



Mergansers, with slender, 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 going 

 entirely under water, by tipping up. Sea ducks have 

 a broad flap on the hind toe. 



ORDER 6. FLAMINGOES. Odontoglossae. 



Family Phoenicopterida?: Large, long-necked, pink 

 birds with a crooked box-like bill, 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. 



IBISES. Family Ibidida?: Bill long, slender and 

 curved down. Ibises and Spoonbills fly with the neck 

 fully extended. 



