UNC emeritus professor Alan Fedducia has long argued that supposed “proto” precursors to these structures are simply collagen fibers or ossified tendons. They’re not teeth, but pulp caps are gradually reabsorbed into the rachis during the formation of these structures. The disintegration of the “powder down” variety (15[1])of these structures produces (-5[1])copious amounts of fine keratin dust. (15[1])Hooklets and cilia (15[2])branch from the (*) barbules of these structures. Rectrices (10[1]-5[2])and remiges (10[1])are specialized types of the contour variety of these structures that possess an expansive (-5[1])vane. These structures (10[1])develop in bloody white sheaths as pins. Raised “knobs'' on the ulna are indicative of these structures in fossils, which likely evolved to provide insulation. (10[2])For 10 (-5[1])points, preening (10[1])is the rearrangement (10[3])of what (10[3])bristled, (10[1])water-proof (10[2])structures (10[2])whose aerodynamic qualities help birds to fly? (10[2])■END■ (10[1]0[1])