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the Cassowary, all and some other 



MX rs with v. arc covered 



logous in their nature to the hair oi' (}na- 

 ing con of a similar Mil^tance 



appearing in a di>-imil. Beneath or under 



the comm<> or general plumage, the 



.skin in bird* is inn: ly covered with a much 



. or so: ihrry substance called down. 



Tlu- external or common leathers are called by 

 ;vnt names on ditlercnt parts of the animal, 

 longest of the wing-feathers, which are ge- 

 nerally ten in number, in each wing, are called 



\ 

 first or great quills, (in the Linmean phrase 



remises primores, as being the chief oars or guid- 



> i; were.) The feathers constituting the 



middle part of the wing are called the secondaries 



ccond quills (rcmigcs secondarii of Linnaeus,) 



and are more nunn rous than the first- tin- lea- 



; nding along each side the back are 



atlirrs: the small li-athers 



.shoulders are ciilli-d the .smaller wing- 



ria, (tectrices minores:) the nev s to 



culled the larger wing-coverts, (tcci; 

 secondariae or majore>. an 1 at the edge of the 

 huuldt.-r arc a few rather strong awl slightly 



