SPOONBILL'S BILL, ADAPTED FOR SIFTING THE MUD AND CATCHING
THE SMALL ANIMALS, E.G. FISHES, CRUSTACEANS, INSECT
LARVÆ, WHICH LIVE THERE 191
AVOCET'S BILL, ADAPTED FOR A CURIOUS SIDEWAYS SCOOPING IN
THE SHORE-POOLS AND CATCHING SMALL ANIMALS 191
HORNBILL'S BILL, ADAPTED FOR EXCAVATING A NEST IN A TREE,
AND ALSO FOR SEIZING AND BREAKING DIVERSE FORMS OF FOOD,
FROM MAMMALS TO TORTOISES, FROM ROOTS TO FRUITS 191
FALCON'S BILL, ADAPTED FOR SEIZING, KILLING, AND TEARING
SMALL MAMMALS AND BIRDS 191
PUFFIN'S BILL, ADAPTED FOR CATCHING SMALL FISHES NEAR THE
SURFACE OF THE SEA, AND FOR HOLDING THEM WHEN CAUGHT AND
CARRYING THEM TO THE NEST 191