Characteristics of Form or Habit, That Will De- 



termine to What Order or Family Birds Belong. 



GREBES; Colymbidce: Form, duck-like; bill point- 



THINGS TO REMEMBER. 

 ORDER 1. DIVING BIRDS Pygopodes. 

 ed and never flattened; no tail; legs at extreme end of 

 body; each flattened toe with an individual web; 

 wings small. Flies rapidly, but patters along the 

 water before taking wing. Expert divers, using 

 wings as well as feet, to propel them, under water. 



LOONS. Family Gaviidee: Larger than Grebes; 

 bill, long, heavy and pointed; tail very short; feet 

 webbed like a duck's, but legsthin and deep; form 

 and habits, grebe-like. 



AUKS, MURRES, PUFFINS. Family 

 Bills very variable; tail short; usually takes flight 

 when alarmed, instead of diving as do grebes and 

 loons. With the exception of puffins, which stand on 

 their feet, all birds of this order sit upon their whole 

 leg and tail. They are awkward on land; some can 

 hardly walk. 



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