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STRUCTURAL AND SYSTEMATIC ZOOLOGY 



sionally. The extinct, 

 flightless dodo (Didus), 

 a native of the island 

 of Mauritius, belonged 

 'in this order. 



13. Ps it tad, or par- 

 rots. These birds have 

 a strong, arched upper 



FIG. 155. Barn owl (Stn'x pratin- 



cola). Both hemispheres. Copy- Jr^i 



right, 1901, by N. Y. Zoological "\'^-<m 



Society. f*S 



bill, with a cere at the 

 base, a fleshy, thick, and 

 movable tongue, and 

 paired toes. They have, 

 usually, brilliant plu- 

 mage. They live in trees 

 and feed on fruits. Such' 

 are the parrots, paro- 

 quets, cockatoos, and 

 macaws. 



FIG. 156. Trogon elegans. Central America. 



