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by the short gray feathers about it. The 

 point of the tongue is less horny, and from 

 the stiff points of the tail-feathers laminae <^ c^ellocj of 

 are beginning to grow, making them more ^^P^'^^j^P 

 like other birds'. A future generation will un- 

 doubtedly wonder where this peculiar kind of 

 thrush got his unusual tongue 

 and tail, just as we won- 

 der at the deformed little 

 feet and 





