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scapulars and wing-coverts pale blue-grey. Feet and 

 bill deep scarlet-carmine. Eye-lids reddish ; irides 

 hazel." The primary quills at this stage are " No. 1, 

 tip, including shaft for half an inch, black ; rest of 

 the shaft white ; the outer web from the black tip for 

 two inches pure white ; the rest of the web consists 

 equally of black and white, the black outwards ; the 

 inner web from the black tip for one inch all white ; 

 the rest white, edged with black, the edge growing 

 deeper towards the pen. No. 2, entire tip for half an 

 inch black ; shaft white, except at the tip ; all the 

 lesser web but the tip white ; inner web same as 

 No. 1, but edged with black throughout. No. 3, tip 

 deeper ; inner web same as No. 2, black edge larger ; 

 lesser web white for two inches after the black tip ; 

 shaft, except at the tip, white. No. 4, the same ; a 

 white spot at the point ; the black edge to the lesser 

 web not so extensive ; the white of the greater web 

 bluish lead-colour. Nos. 5 and 6, closely similar; the 

 rest are lead-colour, with a dark fringe. No. 7 has 

 sometimes twp black spots at the tip. As these 

 quills remain on a year till the next autumnal moult 

 the edges and tips are liable to variation from wear." 

 Mr. Knox has given an equally accurate description 

 of the quills in the first winter, which vary from this 

 description in several particulars : the black, for one 

 thing, is never so pure, being more a sort of dark 

 dusky brown ; but what seems the great peculiarity 

 remains much the same namely, the white centres 



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