1903.) JAPANESE LONG-TAILED FOWLS. 247 
from the Gardens. The new feathers in A had grown no faster 
than the new feathers in B, in fact they were not quite so long. 
The longest feather in B hung about 2 ft. 3 in. from the perch, 
and all four of theilong feathers were still growing. In Cock A, 
none of the feathers touched the ground yet. 
Dec. 9th.— Another of the feathers in Cock B pulled out today, 
namely, the central anterior covert on the left side. The loss was 
due to accident when the bird was free, not to manipulation. 
Since this date I had kept Cock B tied up nearly every day in 
a separate house, to prevent any more accidents. The feathers 
that were pulled out were all sprouting again, and there were three 
long feathers still growing, namely, the right central rectrix, one 
of the posterior coverts on the right side, ‘and the third anterior 
covert on the same side. The first two were about the same length, 
that is about 2 ft. 6 in. 
In Cock A, the 3rd pair of rectrices had ceased to grow, and 
were a little longer than the outer rectrices. The 2nd _ pair of 
rectrices were. still growing, and were not much longer than the 
3rd pair. The central pair were growing, and were only about 
4inches long. The tail-coverts were growing, but still very short. 
In Cock B, the 2nd pair of rectrices were growing, and about 
9 inches long; ; the 3rd rectrix on the right side had ceased to 
grow, and the basal sheath was peeling “off, the corresponding 
feather on the left side was still growing. 
Dec. 21st.—The third anterioun covert on right side, which was 
pulled out last spring and grew again, appeared to have almost 
come to the end of its growth: the basal barbs were downy, and 
the sheath at the base had almost all peeled off. I had not pulled 
it out. 
History of Feathers of Second Growth in Cock B, 
to Dec. 28, 1902. 
Right side of Tail. 
lst Anterior Covert: the preceding feather was accidentally 
pulled out while growing on March 11th, when it was 1 ft. 
8 in. long. It was accidentally pulled out a second time 
while growing on August 24th, when it was 1 ft. 13 in. long. 
A successor immediately sprouted in its place. 
4th Anterior Covert: stopped growing, and formed a complete 
quill a little before October 22nd, on which date it was pur- 
posely pulled out, and its successor sprouted in its place: it 
was not measured. Originally pulled out December 27th, 
1901, when it was 1 ft. 2 in. long. 
2nd Anterior Covert: preceding feather pulled out Mareh 2nd 
when | ft. 44 in. long: accidentally pulled out again while 
growing on November 17th (1 ft. 93 in. long), and its 
successor sprouted in its place. 
3rd Anterior Covert: predecessor pulled out February 11th, when 
