By Alexander Wetmore
Originally appeared in the December 1938 issue of the National Geographic Magazine

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A barber in the Azores has provided a novel perch with opportunity for his pet to stretch its wings in short flights to the chain's end. Photograph by Bernard F. Rogers

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