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thin affair, narrow throughout its whole length and so 

 thickly bordered with a deep, delicate fringe that it 

 bears a decided resemblance to a feather. 



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Fig 98.— Feather-like tongue of Toco 1 oucan. 



The tongue of a flamingo is thick and fleshy, filling 

 the entire cavity of the lower mandible and in shape 

 reflecting its crookedness. The upper edges of the man- 



Yir,. 09.— Tongue of Flamingo within lower mandil)le (natural position). 



dible approach each other so closely that they perma- 

 nently inclose the tongue, motion being only possible in 



