Identifier: introductiontozo00dave Title: Introduction to zoology; a guide to the study of animals, for the use of secondary schools; Year: 1900 (1900s) Authors: Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944 Davenport, Gertrude Anna Crotty, 1866- Subjects: Zoology Publisher: New York, Macmillan company London, Macmillian and co., ltd. Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library Digitizing Sponsor: MBLWHOI Library

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Text Appearing Before Image: me-birds. The snipes are found in meadows or, less com-monly, in woods. One of the most common is the spottedsandpiper, also called •• tip-up from its rocking move-ments (Fig. 291). It is seen walking around small poolsof water by the roadside or in fields. Along the coastare found woodcock and large snipes. Among the herons,our great blue heron attains a length of four feet and isa notable resident of swampy regions; the egrets havebeen practically exterminated to meet the demands ofmilliners ; the bittern is still common on tide-flats. The Natatores, or swimmers, comprise the ducks and X 306 ZOOLOdY geese, the pelicans, the petrels, the gulls and terns, andthe divers. Of the geese, the wild goose, or Canada goose,is most commonly seen in its migrations. Of the nativeducks we have many kinds, almost all rapidly disappear-ing before the sportsman. The pelicans are large fish-eating birds, with a huge bag-like lower bill. In thiscountry the white pelican is not uncommon. The large-

Text Appearing After Image: Fi<;. 2D1. — Spotted sandpiper (Act it is macularia). winged petrels follow in the wake of coastal vessels. Theterns, which are slender birds with a straight bill,1 wereonce abundant along our coast, but have been decimated to ornament bonnets. The gulls, which are heavier thanthe terns and have hooked bills, are still abundant overall bodies of water. Finally, the loons are large birds, 1 Fig. 292. THE ENGLISH SPARROW AND ITS ALLIES 307 powerful fliers and swimmers, which are found in thelakes of the Northern Hemisphere. They are quickdivers, and can swim under water for a considerabledistance. The order of Cursores includes the African ostrich, theAmerican ostriches or rheas, the cassowaries of the EastIndies, and certain wingless birds of New Zealand (Ap-

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