"In birds of prey the claws are powerful and hooked; in others the foot is flat, claws straight, and…
"In birds of prey the claws are powerful and hooked; in others the foot is flat, claws straight, and…
"The great toe is generally the strongest, but this is not an absolute law; a projection which is found…
"In birds of prey the claws are powerful and hooked; in others the foot is flat, claws straight, and…
"Fig. 53 shows the lobate foot of a coot. In the lobate foot, a paddle results not from connecting webs,…
"Quiscalus. Grackle. The feet are large and strong, and the birds spend much of their time on the ground,…
"GAMBE. An obsolete French word, signifying a leg, and is still used in Heraldry, for the leg of a lion…
"The great toe is generally the strongest, but this is not an absolute law; a projection which is found…
"The constellation which is prominent in early summer in the skies of the southern United States (where…
The Black Rock Scorpion (Scorpio (Buthus) Afer), "seen from above. At, the chelicerae, or chelate antennae;…
"In Greek mythology, one of two, or three, or an indeterminate number of sea-nymphs who by their singing…