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The Malay archipelago : the land of the orang-utan ... - Wallace Online

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342 THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO. [chap.tlie leaf, fixes tlie edge <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> lower mandible in <strong>the</strong> notch, andby a powerful nijD breaks <strong>of</strong>f a piece <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> shell. Again taking<strong>the</strong> nut in its claws, it inserts <strong>the</strong> very long and shai'p point <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> bill and picks out <strong>the</strong> kernel, which is seized hold <strong>of</strong>, morselHEAD OF BLACK COCKATOO.by morsel, by <strong>the</strong> extensible tongue. Tims every detail <strong>of</strong> formand structure in <strong>the</strong> extraordinary bill <strong>of</strong> this bird seems tohave its use, and we may easily conceive that <strong>the</strong> black cockatooshave maintained <strong>the</strong>mselves in competition with <strong>the</strong>ir more

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