CHAPTER IX 



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Picture-patterns on counter-shaded birds, continued. Shore-birds — Sandpipers, Plovers, etc. 



Beech-sand-, pebble- and grass-picturing patterns. Generalizations and comparisons . 52 



CHAPTER X 



Picture-patterns on counter-shaded birds, continued. Reed-patterns, etc., of Bitterns. Other 



Herons: water-colors and patterns 56 



CHAPTER XI 



Background-picturing on counter-shaded birds, continued. Marsh-birds: Water-birds (Galli- 

 nules, Rails, Ducks, etc.): detailed analysis of the Wood Duck's consummate picture- 

 patterns 59 



CHAPTER XII 



Background-picturing on counter-shaded birds, continued. Birds of the ocean. Sky- and 



water-matching costumes. Gulls, Terns, Gannets, etc. 72 



CHAPTER XIII 1 



Birds, etc. The inherent 'obliterative' power of markings. 'Ruptive' and 'secant' patterns, 



etc - - - - - '77 



CHAPTER XIV 



Birds, etc. Special functions of markings. Circle-banded flight-feathers of Hawks and Owls. 



Eye-masking patterns: eye-blazoning (?) patterns. The coloration of nestling birds . 80 



CHAPTER XV 



Birds. Masking of bill and feet for offensive purposes. The "pantaloons" of Hawks and Owls. 

 Gaudy bills and feet of Water-birds: red and yellow on many water-animals: Belt cited. 

 Jacanas, Anhingas, Herons, etc. 84 



CHAPTER XVI 



Birds, etc. The manifold obliterative power of iridescence. Changeable colors in general: 

 their part in water-picturing costumes, etc.; (Peacock), Jacamar, the "speculum" of 

 Ducks, 'jewel-spots,' etc 87 



CHAPTER XVII 



Birds, etc. Appendages, and their part in 'obliteration': Resplendent Trogon: Pheasants and 

 their long, transversely-banded tails: consummate obliter ive equipment of the Birds-of- 

 Paradise 95 



CHAPTER XVIII 



Birds: miscellany. "Mimicry" (vs. 'obliteration'). The gorgeous head-gear of Humming- 

 birds not mimetic; its obliterative functions, etc. Sexual differences of costume . . 100 



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