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III. Feet Without Pronounced Web. 



F, Legs long, for wading in water or mud; 



toes long, slender, and flexible at joints. 



h, Bill stout and horny; bare space 

 about eyes. 



Fig. 17 HERON 



Fig. 18 HERON 



1, Middle toe with comb (pectinated). 



Herons . 



Fig. 19 PECTINATED CLAW 



p. 83. 



2, Forehead bare. 



Fig. 20 C BANE 



Cranes p. 88. 



i, Bills long, flex- 

 ible, and even- 

 ly tapered. 



Fig. 21 SNIPE 



Fig. 22 SANDPIPER 



3, Bill rather slender, 

 not markedly deeper 

 at base than tip. Toes 

 four, except Sanderling (p. 101). 



Phalaropes, Snipe, Sandpipers P- 94. 



