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The vy is frong, ftrait, of a many-fi fided figure, chans 
onelled, and at the point formed like a wedge. 7 
'The! notirils covered with fetaceous feathers, or feathers | 
Tike briflles) ees) 
_. The ‘tongue fmcoth, haped like a worm,. very long, 
s armed at.the end with a fharp.bony point, barbed on each 
fide, or rather befet with little briftles, which turn back- 
owards, and are cov ered with a kind of glue. 
The toes, in all but one kind, are placed two behind’ oir | 
two 0 before, for aise 
NHE tongue tae ina a tharp bony point, 
with briftles on each fide, is very fit for 
Ms flies or ants out of hollows in the barks of , 
« trees; and flies and ants, and other infects, are its | 
only food, re | ; 
The Woodpecker? slegs are iy he trond. for - 
climbing ; ; and their toes, placed two before and two 
behind, enables them to run up and down the trees, 
x and to hold fatt by the branches. The feathers of 
their tails a: e fiff, fharp- pointed, and bend down- 
wards, and they bear with the ends of them : 7 
againit the fide, of the tree, and, fo fupport them- | 
_ felves, either whea they are climbing up, or de- 
| fending with their heads downwards. , 
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