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weapons; but, according to Livingstone, they are chiefly 

 nsed in tiie defence of the young. The Palamedea (Fig. 88) 





iJTie. 38.— Palamedea comuta (from Brehm), showing the double wing-spurs, 

 and the filament on the head. 



is armed with a pair of spurs on each wing ; and these are 

 such formidable weapons that a single blow has been 



