NAMES OF FEATHERS. 



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and arm-bone, if we may so speak, of the bird, are 

 called "scapulars. "(2) Just below these are some 



feathers which are called the "lesser coverts; "(3) 

 those which line the u'nder or inner side of the 

 wing are called "under-coverts;" those which are 

 a little lower down the wing, and just above the 

 quill-feathers, are called " greater coverts ; "(4) the 



