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loped and more brightly coloured. To the right and 
above this spot (6), with its bright shading, there is a 
long, narrow, black mark (c), belonging to the same 
row, and which is arched a little downwards so as to 
face (h). It is also narrowly edged on the lower side 
with a fulvous tint. To the left of and above c, in the 
A B c 
Fig. 58. Portion of one of the Secondary wing-feathers near to the body ; shewing the- 
so-called elliptic ornaments. The right-hand figure is given merely as a diagram 
for the sake of the letters of reference. 
A, B, C, &c. Bows of spots running down 
to and forming the elliptic orna- 
ments. 
h. Lowest spot or mark in row B. 
c. The next succeeding spot or mark in 
the same row. 
d. Apparently a broken prolongation of 
the spot c in the same row B. 
same oblique direction, but always more or less distinct 
from it, there is another black mark (d). This mark is^ 
generally sub-triangular and irregular in shape^ but in 
the one lettered in the diagram is unusually narrow,, 
elongated, and regular. It apparently consists of a 
lateral and broken prolongation of the mark (^^), as I 
