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deeper into the derma, and thus becomes surrounded by a sort of 

 pocket the feather-follicle (F, F 1 }. 



The horny, as well as the Malpighian layer of the epidermis 

 (Fc, SM) extends into the base of the follicle, and thence into the 

 feather-germ (Sc l , SAP-}, the interior of which is throughout filled 

 by cells of the derma, which give rise to the pulp (P). As the 

 feather-germ keeps on growing, the cells of the Malpighian layer 



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IIS IS c 1 I 



Fin. 12. Six STAGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FEATHER. 

 (Mainly after Th. Stucler.) 



On, derma ; SM, stratum Malpighii ; Se, stratum corneum ; S'M 1 , Sc l , extensions of 

 these tissues into the feather-papilla, Pap ; FK, feather-germ ; F, F i , feather- 

 follicle ; P, pulp ; Fal (SM 1 ), folds of the Malpighian layer extending into the 

 feather-germ, and enclosed externally by the horny layer, HS (Sc^) : both layers 

 are seen in the transverse section (0) ; FSp, quill of feather, which breaks up 

 above into a tuft of rays or barbs (HSt) ; sec, sec, secondary rays (barbules) 

 arising from the latter ; R, rachis ; V, vexillurn. 



For further details as to the different stages A-F, compare text. 



If one supposes that in Fig. A the papilla grows and becomes flattened and 

 bent downwards posteriorly, and that ossification occurs in the dermal portion, 

 the essential mode of development of a scale would be arrived at. 



begin to proliferate rapidly, giving rise to a series of radial folds 

 arranged along a central axis, which extend inwards towards the 

 pulp, and are immediately bounded by the horny layev (Fig. 12, C, 

 Fed (SM 1 ) and HS (Sc l ). These folds then become comified and 

 separated from the surrounding cells, and, by a gradual drying of the 



