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PALMIPEDES. 



rolled up, and when used, is distended by means of 

 several sticks. One of these is phiced lengthwise, 

 and one in each leg, and there is besides an unat- 

 tached stick, which serves to support the Skjut-Ko, 

 when resting on the ground. At the shoulder there 

 is a hole for the protrusion of the gun-barrel. The 

 accompanying humorous sketch gives no bad idea 

 of the device in question. 



The type of this sul)-family is — 



The White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons). 



