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wings, like a swallow, or nothing but neck 

 and tail, like a peacock. And first for his 

 flying power. There is one of the long 

 feathers of robin's wing, and here (Fig. i) 

 the analysis of its form. 



31. First, in pure outline (a), seen from 



Fig. I. 



(Twice the size of reality.) 

 A 



a 2 



B 



above, it is very nearly a long oval, but with 

 this peculiarity, that it has, as it were, pro- 

 jecting shoulders at a i and a 2. I merely 

 desire you to observe this, in passing, because 

 one usually thinks of the contour as sweeping 

 unbroken from the root to the point. I have 



