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THE FIFTH ORDER. 



WADERS, OB GRALL.E, 



Are named from their habits. They may be known by the 

 nudity of the lower part of the legs, and, in general, by 

 the height of their tarsi, circumstances which enable them 

 to walk to a certain depth in the water without wetting 

 their feathers, and thus to fish by means of their neck and 

 bill, which are in general proportioned to the length of the 

 legs. Those which have a strong bill, feed on fish and rep- 

 tiles ; those whose bill is weak, on worms and insects. A 

 very small number of them feed partially on grains and 

 herbs, and these alone live at a distance from the water. 

 Almost all these birds, if we except the ostriches and the 

 cassowary, have long wings, and are good flyers; they 

 stretch their legs behind them in flight, contrary to other 

 birds, who fold them up. Cuvier. 



ORDER GRALLJE. 



The Common Sandpiper. 

 Tringa Hypoleucos. 



THE common sandpiper is not numerous in Eng- 

 land, but it is often seen during the summer 



