490 TIIK DKSCRNT OF MAN. 



It Hhould be particularly ohHcrvod tliat oadi ocoIIur HtandH 

 in obviouH coniioctioii eitlior with a (lari< Htri{)(! or witli a 

 longitudinal row of dark HpotH, for })oth wa'axy indifTorentiy 



on tlie Hanio feather. 'I'Iiuh in fig. 57 Htrine A ruiiH to 

 ocelluH a; B runK to oeelliiH h; Htripe C iH broken in the 

 npper part and riniH down to the next Huoeeeding oeellus, 

 not represented in the wood-eiit; I) to the next lower one, 

 and m with the HtripeH E and F. LaHtly the Hev(;ral oeelli 

 are senarated from each other by a pale surface bearing 

 irregular black ma-rkH. 



I will next dencribe the other extreme of the series, 

 namely, the first trace of an ocellus. Tin; short secondary 

 wing-ieather (fig. 58), nearest to the body, is markcid like 

 tlie other featliers, with oblique;, longitudinal, rath(;r irn^g- 

 ular rows of very dark sf)otH. TIhj basal spot, or that n(;ar- 

 est the shaft in the five lower rows (excluding the low(;st 

 one), is a little larger than the other st)ots of the same row, 

 and a little more elongated in a transverse direction. It 

 differs also from th(; other spots by being bordered on its 

 upper side witli some dull fulvous shading. liut this spot 

 is not in any way more remarkable than those on the plum- 

 age of many birds, and might easily be overlooked. 'J'he 



at all 



next higher spot do(!s not differ at all from the upper ones 

 in the same row. The larger basal spots ocenipy exactly 

 the same relative position on these feathers as do the per- 



\\y looking to the next two or three succeeding wing- 

 feathers, an absolutely insensible gradation can be traced 

 from one of the last described basal spots, together with the 

 next higher one in the same row, to a curious ornament, 

 which (;annot be called an ocellus, and which J will name, 

 from the want of a better term, an "ellii)tic ornament." 

 These are shown in the accompanying figure (fig. 59). We 

 here see several oblioue rows. A, ft, (', I), etc. (see the let- 

 tered diagram on tne right hand), of dark spots of the 

 usual character. Each row of sj)ots runs down to and is 

 connected with one of the elliptic ornaments, in exactly 

 the same manner as each stripe in fig. 57 runs down to, 

 and is connected with, one of the ball-and-socket o(;elli. 

 Looking to any one row, for instance, Ji, in fig. 51), the 

 lowest mark (h) is thicker and considerably longer than the 

 upper spots, and has its left extremity pointed and curved 

 upward, Thie black mark is abruptly bordered on its 



