Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 241
s, to literally skim its food from the surface of the water. Thesharp-edged, hooked bill of the barn-owl is especially adapted for tearing the flesh of the small mammals upon which it feeds. The woodcock,with its very different bill, probes the soft ground for worms. 750 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR… … A BILL WITH A BIRD.The toucans bill is not so heavy as it looks, and serves the purposeof a pair of pruning-shears. upper mandible is capable of being slightly bentup toward the end, while remaining closed nearthe head. The grotesque beak of the toucan appears to bea burden, but as its interior is…
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