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to side near the bottom in shallow water and securing food it 

 cannot see; the bill of the woodpecker serves as a chisel; and 



Fig. 507. — Thw most important forms of birds' beaks, a, flamingo, Phoe- 

 nicopterus; b, spoonbill, Platalea; c, yellow bunting, Emberiza; d, thrush, 

 Turdus; e, falcon, falco; /, duck, Mergus; g, pelican, Pelicanus; h, avocet, 

 Recurvirostra; i, black skimmer, Rkynchops; k, pigeon, Columba; I, shoebill, 

 Balmniceps; m, stork, Anastomus; n, aracari, Pteroglossus; 0, stork, Mycteria; 

 p, bird of paradise, Falcinellus; q, swift, Cypselus. (From Sedgwick's Zoology: 

 a, b, c, d, k, after Naumann; g, i, m, o, after regne animal; 1, after Brehm.) 



that of the woodcock as a probe for capturing small animals 

 in the muddy shores of ponds and streams. Many other ex- 

 amples might be cited. 



