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remarkable when the bird is plucked), and the rather snaky 

 appearance of the bird generally (much more noticeable 

 when alive and in its natural environments), all of which 



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Adult example of Ortalis vetvla with au e^g drawn to scale. 



features have evidently been evolved to enable it to easily 



insinuate itself between the dense complex of branches 



among which it lives, and stamp it with such an archaic 

 impress. 



