Aves. 



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The Totipalmate Birds. As the name indicates, the 

 birds of this order have full-webbed feet ; that is, there 

 are not merely two webs between the three front toes, as 

 in ducks and most web-footed birds, but there are three 

 full webs, the hind toe being connected by a web with the 



FIG. 135. THE CORMORANT. 



From Eckstorm's The Bird Book. 



inner front toe. Our most familiar examples are the cor- 

 morants, but they are shy birds, found in the lakes and 

 larger streams. They are voracious fish eaters. Nearly 

 every one has seen the pelican, as it is frequent in zoologi- 

 cal gardens and menageries. The cormorant has a rudi- 

 ment of the throat pouch so conspicuous in the pelican. 



