CHAPTER IV 



The Totipalmate Birds : Heeons, Storks, and 

 Flamingoes 



ORDERS— STEGANOPODES, ARDE^, CI- 

 CONI^, AND PHCENICOPTERI 



THE birds which form the subject of this chapter 

 comprise a number of distinct groups which, at 

 first sight, seem to have little in common, for, 

 in the first place, while some are web-footed, others 

 are not. As a matter of fact, however, a study of 

 their anatomy shows that they are all closely related. 



The Totipaemate Birds 

 The birds which are known as the Totipalmate, or 



Steganopodous, birds were grouped together by the 



older naturalists 

 because they dif- 

 f e r e d from all 

 other web - footed 

 birds in that all 

 the four toes are 

 united by a-contin- 

 uous web, whereas 

 in the other web- 

 footed birds the 



Fig. II. — Foot of a Cormorant, to h i n d - t O e, when 



SHOW THE TOTIPALMATE CONDITION— J. • £ 



ALL FOUR TOES UNITED IN A COMMON pJ-CSCilL, 



WEB. The labours o f 



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