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A
B
Figure 6-20 • Ventrodorsal views of the shoulder regions of a partridge (A) and an African Gray parrot (B) showing anatomical differences
in the appearance of the shoulder joints.
bones of a great blue heron are proportionately longer able anatomical differences that exist between the
than those of a hawk. This is a perfectly predictable shoulders of water birds and raptors (Figure 6-19) or
difference provided one has observed both birds (see between parrots and partridges (Figure 6-20)? I dare
previous section). But who might predict the consider- say quite few.
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