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upper side by a rather broad space of richly shaded tints, 

 beginning with a narrow brown zone, which passes into 

 orange, and this into a pale leaden tint, with the end toward 

 the shaft much paler. These shaded tints together fill up 

 the whole inner space of the elliptic ornament. The mark 



Fig. 59. Portion of one of the secondary wing-feathers near the body, showing 

 the so-called elliptic ornaments. The right-hand figure is given merely as 

 a diagram for the sake of the letters of reference. 



A, B, C, D, etc. Rows of spots running down to and forming the elliptic 



ornaments. 

 6. Lowest spot or mark in row B. 



c. The next succeeding spot or mark in the same row. 



d. Apparently a broken prolongation of the spot C in the same row B. 



(b) corresponds in every respect with the basal shaded spot 

 of the simple feather described in the last paragraph (fig. 

 58), but is more highly developed and more brightly col- 

 ored. Above and to the right of this spot (b fig. 59), with 

 its bright shading, there is a long, narrow, black mark (c), 

 belonging to the same row, and which is arched a little 

 downward so as to face (b). This mark is sometimes broken 

 into two portions. It is also narrowly edged on the lower 

 side with a fulvous tint. To the left of and above (c), in 

 the same oblique direction, but always more or less distinct 



