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THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Hind toe, elevated above the level of the others ; bill, slender; nostrils, opening through 

 slits; sides of toes, webbed. Family PHALAROPODID/E. Phalaropes. 



See page 104. 



GROUP 2. 



Toes, four; front toes, palmate (full webbed); hind toe, 

 not connected with front ones by web. 



Bill, straight and pointed; tarsus, flat- 

 tened; hind toe, with flap or lobe; feet, 

 placed far back near the tail; tail, very 

 short. 



Family QAVilD/e. Loons. 

 See page 28. 



Very large wing, over 19 inches long ; upper mandible, 

 curved near tip, forming a liook, the enil (unguis) enlai'ged ; 

 nostrils, separate and tubular ; hind toe, rudimentary, often 

 apparently wanting. 



Family DIOMEDEID/E. Albatrosses. 

 .See page 46. 



Nostrils, tubular, united in one double-barrelled tube ; front toes, palmate (full webbed) ; 

 hind toe, very small, and in some cases entirely absent; upper mandible, curved near tip; 

 wing, less than 19 inches long. 



Family PROCELLARIID/E. Shearwaters, Petrels, and Fulmars. 



See page 46. 



