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WATER FOWL 



Cloven-footed, such as live about waters and 



marshes. 



The greater kind. 

 Middle and lesser kinds, with very long bills. 



2. With middle sized bills. 



3. With short bills. 



WATER FOWL that swim. 



I. Cloven-footed, some of which may be called 

 fin-toed, because they have lateral appendant 

 membranes on each side of their toes. 



II. Whole-footed birds. 



1. Such as swim. 



2. Such as have four toes, all webbed together. 



3. Such as have four toes, but the hind one 

 separate. 



And first, such as have narrow and sharp pointed 



bills. 

 Such as have narrow, serrate, or toothed bills. 



4. Such as have broad bills* 



1. The grouse kind. 



2. The duck kind."* 



Now, with regard to this system, which, what- 

 ever may be its defects, is pronounced by the 

 luminous writer of zoology, from whose work it 

 is extracted, to be " the first rational attempt at 



* Neville Wood's Ornothologist's Text-book, p. 100. 

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