Army Paperwork, a Practical Working Guide in Army Administration
by Moss
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781152709911
Paperback|9781152709911
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1829 edition. Excerpt: ...usually constructed on the ground, on the borders of a swamp. (Fig. 129, Cassowary, or Emu, of New South Wales.) CLOVEN-FOOTED, OR WADERS. The Waders have, in general, remarkably long legs; hence their Linnaean name, On ALL/E, which signifies a pair of stilts. Their toes are divided, or slightly connected, by a membrane at the base; and they seem formed for living on the margins of lakes, the sea-shore, and among ponds and shallow waters, in marshes, and low countries. Most of them have very long bills, by which they are enabled to perforate the soft mud and weeds, in which they find a great part of their food (Figs. 130 and 131, the beak and foot of the Curlew); while others have shorter legs and bills, and seem adapted only to prey on such insects, worms, &c. as are found Y near the surface (Figs. 132 and 133, beak and foot of Moor-hen). The Cranes, Herons, Curlews, Snipes, Sand-pipers, and birds of 132 188 similar formation and habits, are included in the order of Waders, of which we shall particularise some of the most distinguished genera. Spoonbill (Platalea)-.--The bill, in birds of this genus, is long, thin, and flattened (Fig. 134); the end is dilated, so as to bear some resemblance to a spoon (Fig. 135, a front view of the bill); the tongue is small and pointed; the nostrils are placed near the base of the bill, and the toes connected, near their junction by webs, which lightly border them to their extremities. (Fig. 136). These birds are found in various parts of the globe, but in small numbers only: they frequent the sea-shore, and such marshy places as are occasionally visited by flood-tides; their food consists of small fish, waterinsects, and worms, which their bills are admirably adapted for taking, in soft mud or...
| ISBN-13 | 9781152709911 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1152709917 |
| Weight | 0.89 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.61 In |
| List Price | $26.44 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 270 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-01-01 |
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