ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE STORK-LIKE BIRDS
THE HERON TRIBE (Suborder Ardea)
The second suborder of the Ciconiiformes, or Stork-like birds, embraces the Herons and their immediate relatives.
They are at once distinguished from the group last considered by their very long legs, which adapt them to wading rather than swimming, although they can all swim to a limited extent when forced to do so. A further distinguishing mark is afforded by the fact that the toes are not completely webbed, and that powder-downs are always present.
The suborder may perhaps be best divided into four families as follows: the Ardeidm, which includes the Herons, Egrets, Bitterns, etc.; the Cochleariidce, including the American Boat-bills; the Balanicipitida, embracing the anomalous Shoe-bill; and the Scopidcs, for the almost equally remarkable Umbrette, the latter two being African.
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