Birds that do not fly but keep on the ground take the dust bath, as for instance the hen, the partridge, the francolin, the lark, the Retaining ou. pheasant; some of the straight taloned birds, such as live on the banks of a river, in marshes, or by the sea, take a water bath; some birds take both the dust bath and the water bath, as for instance the pigeon and the sparrow; of the crookedtaloned birds the greater part take neither.