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perhaps this assists in some way to keep the water from the 
body. 
In conclusion, it is perhaps scarcely necessary to add that 
all that has been here stated respecting the details of moult is 
best shown in old male birds, and very often cannot be relied on 
so far as the females are concerned. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
Puate I. 
Fig.1. Ruticilla phenicurus, autumn. | Fig.5. The same, in July; full sum- 
», 2. The same, in spring. mer plumage. 
3, 3. Linota linaria, autumn. », 6. Picus major, in October. 
» 4. The same, much magnified. 5 7 Picus martes. 
Puate II. 
Fig. 8. Nectarinia senegalensis, male, | Fig. 15. The same, in summer. 
in summer. », 16. Trochilus rubineus, male. 
», 9. The same, under side. », 17. Cuculus cupreus, male. 
» 10. Nectarinia formosa, winter. », 18. Lophophorus impeyanus, 
» 11. The same, nuptial plumage. male. 
», 12. Ploceus rubritorquis, winter. 5, 19. Pawo cristatus, male. 
», 18. The same, nuptial plumage. », 20. Anas boschas, spring. 
», 14. Anas boschas, male, in spring.| ,, 21. Podiceps awritus. 
NOTES FROM AN ARCTIC JOURNAL. 
By H. W. Feixpen, F.G.S8., C.M.Z.8. 
(Continued from p. 58.) 
In spite of the extremely low temperature which we expe- 
rienced during the month of March, the rapidly lengthening 
daylight gave us opportunities of increasing the extent of our 
walks, and exploring the neighbourhood of our winter-quarters. 
Every cliff, ravine, water-course, or locality where the snow did 
not lie was carefully examined. For miles around us the strata 
were composed of hard limestones, slates, grits and schists, 
evidently belonging to a remote geological period. The strata 
were generally vertical, or else dipping at very high angles. To 
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