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scapulars and wing-coverts pale blue-grey. Feet and 
bill deep scarlet-carmine. Eye-lids reddish; irides 
hazel.” The primary quills at this stage are—“ No. 1, 
tip, including shaft for half an inch, black; rest of 
the shaft white; the outer web from the black tip for 
two inches pure white; the rest of the web consists 
equally of black and white, the black outwards; the 
inner web from the black tip for one inch all white; 
the rest white, edged with black, the edge growing 
deeper towards the pen. No. 2, entire tip for half an 
inch black; shaft white, except at the tip; all the 
lesser web but the tip white; inner web same as 
No. 1, but edged with black throughout. No. 3, tip 
deeper; inner web same as No. 2, black edge larger ; 
lesser web white for two inches after the black tip; 
shaft, except at the tip, white. No. 4, the same; a 
white spot at the point; the black edge to the lesser 
web not so extensive; the white of the greater web 
bluish lead-colour. Nos. 5 and 6, closely similar; the 
rest are lead-colour, with a dark fringe. No.7 has 
sometimes two black spots at the tip. As these 
quills remain on a year till the next autumnal moult 
the edges and tips are lable to variation from wear.” 
Mr. Knox has given an equally accurate description 
of the quills in the first winter, which vary from this 
description in several particulars: the black, for one 
thing, is never so pure, being more a sort of dark 
dusky brown; but what seems the great peculiarity 
remains much the same—namely, the white centres 
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