TOOTHED BIRDS 





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Fig. 173. — Restored skeleton of the toothed Bird, Ichthyornis 

 — of the size of a pigeon — from the Chalk of Kansas, 

 U.S.A. 



a large pigeon, had a short head apparently 

 Avithout a beak, and its jaws were armed with 

 teeth. Whereas living birds have the fingers 



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