PLATE V 

 DWIGHT PLUMAGE AND MOULT 



Photomicrographs illustrating Natal Down adhering to tips of Ju- 

 venal Plumage feathers. 



Fig. i. Dolichonyx oryzivorus, crown feather bearing Natal 

 Down. Specimen in the collection of J. Dwight, Jr. , 

 No. 1943, July 28th. (Enlargement about 5 dia- 

 meters. ) 



Fig. 2. Cistothorus palustris, crown feather bearing Natal 

 Down. Specimen in the collection of J. Dwight Jr., 

 No. 4214, Aug. 2oth. (Enlargement about 15 dia- 

 meters.) 



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