THE CALIFORNIAN OBTYX, 
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is a crescent band of pure whke. The feathers of 
die lower part of tlie belly are deeply margined with 
hhck, and the long plames of the Banks are marked 
along the centre with a stripe of yellow. But the 
beautiful and remarkable atlorament is the crest up- 
on the crown, composed of several feathere, narrow 
at the base broadening towarJft the tip, and folded 
as it were together from the shaft. They are of a 
dull rich black and Ue generally backwards, but can 
be raised at pleasure ; and upon any excitement are 
erected, almost bending forward opon the front. 
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