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MR. R. S. WRAY ON THE MORPHOLOGY 



[Apr. 5, 



the next rows being in the skin covering the muscular portion of the 

 wing and in the patagium. On the dorsal surface five rows of 

 feathers (Plate XXX. fig. a, y) follow the t. medise, lying with the 

 same overlap, and on the manus being scantily represented ; they 



Fig. 1. 



© 6 



L © ^' 7 



12 3 



n.c 



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a, a'. Drawings of preparations of the distal cubital remiges, Tvitb tbeir attached 



tectrices majores, of the Pheasant. 



a. Dorsal view; a', ventral view. (This shows the " quincubital" condition.) 



h, h'. Drawings of preparations of the distal cubital remiges, with their attached 

 tectrices majores, of the Golden Eagle. " Aquincubital." 



b, Dorsal view, b', ventral view; 1, 2, 3, &c. the remiges (/?), numbered from 



the wrist-joint ; B.C, dorsal tectrix major; V.C, ventral tectrix major; 

 Til, ulna. 



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are the tectrices minores. They extend on to the arm, and on tlie 

 dorsal surface of the humerus a row of 6 feathers becomes elongated, 

 forming an apparent continuation of the remiges of the forearm, 

 the feathers of the next row taking the form of coverts ; they 



