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Water birds with tarsus extremely flattened and legs set far back on body; neck long; plumage dense; tail-feathers very short and soft; toes lobed; toes and nails very broad and flat; hind toe small and elevated. Eggs with a white chalky surface; nest a mass of reeds near the water often floating on the water.