Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 532
ke the flying bird in mid-air, have short stout feet with a powerful hindclaw. The old falconers were accustomed to referto the deadly heel because the bird, droppingsuddenly past its victim and striking it with thecurved hind claw, cut through skin and musclelike a razor. In marked contrast to… … THE FOOT OF THF.FISH-HAWK. With its strong, curvednails, the horny spikescovering the inner surfaceof the toes, and the partlyreversible outer toe, thefish-hawk can grasp hisslippery prey at four dif-ferent points. But such a feathery tuft would be a disadvan-tage to a bird like the fish-hawk. As…
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