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353 



table. Skeletons of this bird have been obtained from the island 

 of Mauritius. 



Order 3. jEgitognathae, or Passeres 



All the birds considered up to this point comprise something less 

 than one half the known species ; all the remainder belong to the 

 single order /fcgitognathre (Gr. atyiOos, sparrow, and yvddo*;, jaw ), 



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FIG. 349. Plectropkenax nivalis, the snow-bunting or snowflake. (From a phol jraph 



provided by the American Museum of Natural History.) 



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