Bird Life in a Suburban Parish 



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ill the \\'()()(l])ccker. ])ciiii>' (•aj)al)lc of proti'usioii to tlic extent 

 of four iiu'hes. The tip is sluirply j)oiiited iiiid barbed, 

 and eovered witli a olutiiKJus secretion. The anatomical 

 peeuharities of tiiis curious tongue are worth describing. 



YuUNG Bak.\-o\vl i^.b/ij.v Jlauniua') ix Down, 



Instead of the root of tlie tongue being fixed to tlie tliroat, 

 the tono'ue itself ooes some distance down the throat, and 

 tlien divides into two tendinous processes, whicli rise again 

 and curve round the liead, one on each side, and are firmly 

 attached to the frontal bone, near the base of the upper 



