...making considerable use of the bill, not only to reach objects above them, but also, •with the heli> of the clawed wings, to raise themselves to a higher...from the nest, owing to the close approach of a boat, then the young birds, unless they be only quite recently hatched, crawl out of the nests on all fours,...

...pollex and index being constantly in use for holding and hooking to the surrounding objects (fig. 8). If they are drawn from the nest by means of their...from the nest, owing to the close approach of a boat, then the young birds, unless they be only quite recently hatched, crawl out of the nests on all fours,...

...birds are drawn from their nest by means of their legs, they hold on firmly to the twigs both with bill and wings ; and if the nest be upset by means...clawed wings to raise themselves to a higher level. One curious feature noticed with a nestling which had been upset in the river, was its power of rapid...

...with beak and wings, and if the nest be upset they hold on as firmly to any object with which they may come in contact, by means of bill, feet and wings,...level. When the parent bird is driven from the nest containing newly hatched young, the nestlings crawl on all fours out of the nest (which is usually...

...objects with which they come in contact by bill, feet, and wings, making considerable use of the bill, with the help of the clawed wings, to raise themselves to a higher level. Thus, by putting these various facts together h Fig. 15. — • Young Hoactzins. we obtain some pretty...

...objects with which they come in contact by bill, feet, and wings, making considerable use of the bill, with the help of the clawed wings, to raise themselves to a higher level. Thus, by putting these various facts together Fig. 15. — Young Hoactzins. we obtain some pretty good...

...means of their wings and legs, the well-developed claws on the pollex and index being constantly in use for holding and hooking on to the surrounding...Bundoorie pimpler, at high water, or to the cutting anil pulling of the branches by some one who has wadod through the soft mud, often up to the thighs,...

...objects with which they come in contact by bill, feet, and wings, making considerable use of the bill, with the help of the clawed wings, to raise themselves to a higher level.1 Thus, by putting these various facts together we obtain some pretty good ideas regarding the...