ORDER 5. 



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ORDER 5. DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS. Anseres. 



Mergansers, with slender, toothed bills, with which 

 to catch the fish they pursue under water. 



Other ducks have rather broad bills, more or less 

 resembling those of the domestic duck. Their flight 

 is rapid and direct. River ducks have no web, or 

 flap, on the hind toe; they get their food without go- 

 ing entirely under water, by tipping up. Sea ducks 

 have a broad flap on the hind toe. 



ORDER 6. FLAMINGOES. Odontoglossse. 



Family Phoenicopteridcp: -- Large, long-necked, 

 pink birds with a crooked box-like Dill, long legs and 

 webbed feet. 

 ORDER 7. HERONS, IBISES, ETC. Herodiones. 



Long-legged, wading birds, with all four toes long, 

 slender and without webs. Usually found about the 

 muddy edges of ponds, lakes or creeks, and less 

 often on the sea shore. Wings large and rounded. 



SPOONBILL. Family Plataleidrc: Bill long, thin 

 and much broadened at the end; head bare. 



IBISES. Family Ibididrr: Bill long, slender and 

 curved down. Ibises and Spoonbills fly with the 

 neck fully extended. 



