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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 tAvo closely attached parallel and 
cj'lindrical 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 diiferent subjects, all of whose stomachs contained frag- 
ments of insects, and some of tlieui wliole ones. 
END OF VOL. I. 
