Sentence:  [Owner]: "No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! <WSD>Remarkable</WSD> bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!" / [Mr. Praline]: "The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead." 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Worthy of being remarked or noted; notable