CHAPTER XXXI 

 ORDER OF DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS 



ANSERES 



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

 birds which might well stand as a Subclass the Web- 

 Footed Swimmers. It embraces six different 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 WEB-FOOTED BIRDS 

 FLYING SWIMMERS: WITH GOOD WINGS 



ORDERS 



DUCKS AND GEESE (three toes webbed) An'se-res. 



FULLY PALMATED BIRDS (four 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 SWIMMERS. Gulls, Terns, etc Lon-gi-pen'nes. 



DIVING SWIMMERS: WITH SMALL WINGS, OR NONE FOR FLIGHT 



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WEAK- WINGED DIVERS. Loons, Grebes, Auks, Puffins. .Py-gop'o-des. 

 FLIGHTLESS DIVERS. Penguins Im-pen'nes. 



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



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



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