Fishes, reptiles

abdomen abundant appearance Audubon Avocet beak beautiful bill bird Bittern body breast breeding season called Capercaillie coast color common Corncrake Coues crest curious Curlew distance Duck edged eggs Egret Europe extent of wing feathers feeding feet female flesh flight fowl frequently Glossy Ibis Goose grass gray green ground Grouse habits head and neck Heron Horned Screamer inches in length inhabits insects Jabiru JACANA Jack Snipe Killdeer known larvæ legs male bird mandible marshes migrating Moor Hen Mooruk mottled native nearly nest North America northern Ostrich Parrot peculiar Phalarope Pheasant Pigeons Plover plumage pure white Purple Gallinule remarkable resembles rivers runs SANDPIPER seen seldom shores shot Snipe sometimes South species specimen spot streak surface Swan tail tail-coverts throat total length trees tribe Turkey upper uttering Water Rail whistling Wilson wing-coverts winter Woodpecker yards yellow young birds