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SEXOAL SELECTION : BIEDS. 
P. 1 B 1 
4 
served that each ocellus stands in obvious connect' 1 ^ 
with a dark stripe, or row of dark spots, for both ° c . , 
indifferently on the same feather. Thus in fig. 50 
A' runs to ocellus a; B runs to ocellus b; strip 6 L 
broken in the upper part, and runs down to the J)L j| 
succeeding ocellus, not represented in the woodcut .■ - 
to the nest lower one, and so with tho stripes E uu l ,.j 
Lastly, the several ° (( 1 
are separated from , 
other by a pale s ,ir v 
bearing irregular hi® 8 
marks. 
I will nest de^’ 11 , 
the other extreme ot , 
hP l 
series, namely the 
trace of an ocellus. 
short secondary " j 
feather (tig. 57), ne; ‘'j 
to the body, is m® 1 ^ 
like the other 
with oblique, longl* 1 '^ 
nal, rather irregular 1 ff t, 
of spots. The lowest d ^ 
or that nearest the s 
in the five lower ro" ; i 
eluding the basal 
.1^' 
Fig, 57. Basal part of the Secondary wing- 
feather, nearest to the body. 
a little larger thaU 
other spots in the same row, and a little more t 
so that the shading pf the ball-and-socket ocelli ought to be 
different on tho different feathers, in order to bring out their full e 
relatively to the incidence of tho light. Mr. T. W. Wood, who jgjl). 
experienced eye of on artist, asserts (‘ Field,’ Newspaper. May - b ’ 
p. 457) that this is tiie case; but after carefully examining two W°^i)V 
specimens (the proper feathers from one having been given 1° 1 p’ 
Mr. Gould for more accurate comparison) I cannot perceive tb®*^ 
acme of perfection in the shading has been attained; nor can 0 
to whom I have shewn these feathers recognise the fact. 
