# 22 is the golden tamagotchi. It apears on your v3 as "Tamagotchi". You get it on Tamagotchi Town by finding all of the special items (the items in the star icon at the bottom right hand corner of the Tamagotchi Town Window), then going to "Lucky Tama Toys" in the mall and clicking the Golden...
whew... for a minute there, i thought that my tama would stay a creepy bird thing forever.
I had the same problem. And you know what? It scares me when can't identify what my Tama is.