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Garrett. "The nasal organs of the Black and Turkey Vultures; a comparative study of the cathartid species Coragyps atratus atratus and Cathartes aura septentrionalis (with notes on Cathartes aura falklandica, Pseudogyps bengalensis, and Neophron percnopterus)."
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I told him it was for a book on gorilla anatomy, as if it was the most natural thing in the world. I can't quite remember how the romance proceeded after that, but our lives were never the same again."
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Bengali. She used her knowledge to translate folk tales, which she published in English. She also researched and wrote widely about
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170:in 1933.
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