Bird Bills

1. No birds chew their food Aye? Nay?
4. The lower bills of __are larger than the top ones
6. The large bills of birds such as toucans are hollow and lighter than they look--Aye? Nay?
8. The __ hummingbird’s bill is longer than its body
12. The Australian __ has the largest bill in the world
13. The red-headed woodpecker’s bill hits the bark of a tree at about __ MPH
15. The area of fleshy tissue on many bird’s bills that contains the nostrils
16. The only bird whose nostrils are at them tip of its bill
17. Bird bills continue to grow throughout the birds’ lives--Yes? Not?

2. The Rhinoceros __develops a plate on its bill during breeding season
3. Bird’s bills are very sensitive
5. Birds’ upper and lower bills
7. Birds that have an extra bone in their jaws, allowing them to hold a whole row of fish
9. The response that snaps shut the bill of an __ is one of the fastest muscular responses every recorded in the animal kingdom
10. Some fish-eating birds have real teeth along the edges of their bills--Yes? Not?
11. Only the New Zealand Plover (a.k.a. __) has a sideways curving bill
14. Name for a bird’s nostrils