gradation of characters. 
145 
<V 
4p. 
XXV. 
It differs also from 
ftotefl ; 
the r n 11 a transverse direction. 
"’ifh s 6r s P°ts by being bordered on its upper side 
?l!iy 1Be dull fulvous shading. But this spot is not in 
of Tn °ro remarkable than those on the plumage 
I'h fl !l ' birds, and might easily be quite overlooked. 
•tt e 
® s t higher spot in each row does not differ at all 
the u PP er ones in the same row, although in 
series it becomes, as we shall see, 
greatly 
the 
QOrljg , 1 
The larger spots occupy exactly the same 
P r - !’ F, . ( , ^ P 0s bion on this feather as tiiose occupied by the 
Ily i ° Ce ^’ °n the longer wing-feathers. 
°°kino- to the next two 
8 fiCi 
Kirur 
-Pm. I IW iLlv 11 
^ati 0li ai T wing-feathers, 
or three succeeding 
an absolutely insensible gra- 
'Hv er ean be traced from one of the above-described 
s tUa e s P°ts, together with the next higher one in the 
ki to a curious ornament, which cannot be called 
^tt e: 
th 
0ee llus, 
r term. 
and which I will name, from the want of a 
> an “elliptic ornament,” These are shewn 
We here see 
"w ei , a i a -' c °mpanying figui’e (fig. 58). 
'Clique rows, A, B, C, D (see the lettered diu- 
\\ of' c ’’ °1 dark spots of the usual character. Each 
d'e i.fPots rims down to and is connected with one of 
■ • 
H 
str 
J ptic 
ornaments, in exactly the same manner as 
■*« l 'P e ln fig. 56 runs down to, and is connected with, 
*0"-, j. f ball-and-socket ocelli. Looking to any one 
* c ‘^er „ ln i stauee , B, the lowest spot or mark (&) is 
th 
ail d considerably longer than the upper spots, 
bUt left extremity pointed and curved upwards. 
■ a tatl i mar ^ abruptly bordered on its upper side 
"hlr ler broad space of richlv-shaded tints, beginning 
tl lif ! larrow brown zone, which passes into orange, 
l o 111 to a pale leaden tint, with the end towards 
| 6s Peet P a l er ' This mark corresponds in every 
k -t fbe larger, shaded spot, described in the 
graph (fig. 57) } but is more highly deve- 
v °l. 
It. 
