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188 SECTION I III The Birds

Figure 18-9 • A mallard duck still unconscious from an earlier general anesthesia. Note the broad, gently arched bill and the small oval-
shaped nostril just above the radiographers thumb.

Figure 18-10 • Combined family of Canadian geese graze the Figure 18-11 • Close-up view of a Canadian goose, its beak wide
fresh summer grass just beyond the shoreline of the South open while its oral cavity is transilluminated. Note the teethlike
Saskatchewan river. serrations along the edge of the mandible.

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