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The change does not appear to me to be due to any loss 
of material of the bill by attrition, but to a structural bowing or arching of the 
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overlapping, throughout. 
mandibles. 
agreeing with the other members of the present 
general form of the beak, the wood-storks, or wood- 
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Wood-Storks. 
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WEST AFRICAN WOOD-STORK (4 nat. size). 
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the beak thick, long, rounded, tapering, and 
curving downwards at the tip; the foot long-toed, with large webs; the wing long 
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and are frequently referred to a separate family. In these birds the neck is of 
the head large ; 
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