PLUMAGE 



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was perhaps eighb days old, had just strength enough to 

 raise its head for a few seconds, and drop it again. 

 From the careful observations made by the late 



iO. O. I'Ue, I'uol. 



NO. 2. NESTLING GARNET. 



Mr. Booth, it appears that the tail-feathers are visible 

 on the eighteenth day, and the wing-feathers on the 

 twenty-first, and the scapular-feathers, I may add, also 



