Re: pinhead

"NanK" <abenan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Those are new feathers, called pin feathers.  They carry the blood
> supply that feeds the feathers.  Eventually the new feather emerges and
> the hard protective covering (something like a shoe lace's plastic tip)
> comes off.
> n
>

(something like a shoe lace's plastic tip)

Little trivia for you, if you dont know.

That little tip is called a Sniglet.

TRC