Variation of Birds

The Knife
Scissor-beak lower mandible flat elastic
it's an ivory paper cutter
lower manidble immersed some depth in the water
it flies rapidly up and down the stream.
So there are three sorts of birds which use their wings
for more purposes than flying
the steamer as paddles the penguin as fins
and the ostrich spreads its plumes like sails to the breeze.