[Citizen Bird by Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues]@TWC D-Link book
Citizen Bird

CHAPTER IV
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How could toes grow from legs without any feet between?
They never do! There has to be a foot in every animal between the toes and the legs.

Now what do you call the end of your foot which is opposite the end on which the toes grow ?" [Illustration: FIG.1.Ordinary foot of perching birds; 2.

Foot of Nighthawk, with a comb on claw of middle toe; 3.

Climbing foot of Woodpecker, with two hind toes; 4.

Grasping foot of Osprey, for holding prey.] [Illustration: FIG.5.Scratching foot of Ruffed Grouse; 6.


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