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were also exceedingly strong. The brain -was in large quantity, and 

 very thin ; the tongue, from the tip to an extent equal with the length 

 of the bill, was perforated, forming two closely attached parallel and 

 cylindrical tubes; the other extremities of the tongue corresponded 

 exactly to those of the Woodpecker, passing up the hind head, and 

 reaching to the base of the upper mandible. These observations were 

 verified in five diff'erent subjects, all of whose stomachs contained frag- 

 ments of insects, and some of them whole ones. 



END OF VOL. I. 



