CHAPTER XXXI 



ORDER OF DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS 



ANSERES 



TT7E have now reached the first Order of a great group of 

 " » birds which mighl well stand as a Subclass — the Web- 

 Footed Swimmers. It embraces six differenl Orders, and be- 

 fore touching any one of them it is highly necessary that the 

 student should take a bird's-eye view of the whole subdivision. 

 A clear conception of these six Orders, and the characters on 

 which they are based, will be of perpetual service to every 

 person who desires a Comprehensive view of the avian world. 



THE ORDERS OF SWIMMING BIRDS 



The Wkh-Footed Birds 

 flying swimmers: with good win( - 



ORDERS 



Ducks and Geese (three toes webbed) An'se-n . 



Fully Palmated Birds tour toes webbed). Cormo- 

 rants, Pelicans, Snake-Birds, etc Steg-an-op'o-des. 



Tube-Nosed Swimmers. Albatrosses and Petrels Tu-bi-na'res. 



Long- Winged Sw immers. dulls. Terns, etc Lon-gi-pen'nes. 



DIVING SWIMMERS: Willi SMALL WINGS, OB NONE FOB FLIGHT 



Weak-Winged Divers. Loons, Grebes, Auks, Puffins Py-gvp'o-des. 

 Flightless 1>i\ ers. Penguins Im-pen'i 



This group is not only extensive, bul its members show a 

 wide diversity in form and habits, and they are fitted for life 



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