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itself and start off in a fresh direction. The tinamou, 

 when launched on the atmosphere, is at the mercy of 



Fig. 267. — Feathers of Ostrich and Condor. 



chance; nevertheless, had this incident been related to 

 me by a stranger, I should not have recorded it." 

 So in this bird we have a most rare and suggestive 



