THE HAMMERHEAD 



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THE HAMMERHEAD 

 Family S 



From a structural point of view the small brown African bird, known as the 

 hammerhead or umbre (Scopus umbrella}, is even more remarkable than the pre- 

 ceding, since it combines many features common to the herons and storks, and is 



HAMMERHEADS AND THEIR NEST. 

 (One-fifth natural size.) 



accordingly regarded by Mr. Beddard as nearly allied to the common ancestral stork 

 from which those two groups have sprung. It differs from the herons in the 

 absence of powder-down patches on the rump, and of pectination in the claw of 

 the third toe, as well as in having the angle of the furcula without any median pro- 



