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A. Expanded tail-feathors of Japanese turtle-dove, T. orientnlis, "mutant" female No. 95; plucked 



and mounted Sept. 20, 1909. . . j ^u n ^ n 



B. Expanded wings and tail of Japanese turtle-dove mutant " No. 95, at time of death, Oct. 14, 



1909. The replacement of the dark centers of the wing and body coverts with white is well 

 shown. The normally dark primaries and rectrices are here shown more or less uniformly 

 grayed or whitened. The second growth of rectrices, shown expanded in the lower figure, 

 have probably become slightly darker than in the first feathers, shown in fig. A. 



