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loped and more brightly coloured. To the rig* 11 ' .. j 
above this spot (b), with its bright shading, the 1 ® ^ 
long, narrow, black mark (e), belonging to the f ‘ , 
row, and which is arched a little downwards so ^ 
face (h). It is also narrowly edged on the lowe 1 ^ 
with a fulvous tint. To the left of and above c, 111 
A 
b c 
tig. 58. Portion oi one of the Secondary wing-feathers near to the body* jiii!-' 1 
so-called elliptic ornaments. The right-hand figure is given merely ^ 
for the sake of the letters of reference. 
A, B, C, ko. Hows of spots running down I c. The next succeeding spot ° r 
tomnug U,e orna- the same row. 
d. Apparently a broken p 1 ’ 0 , jj. 
the spot c in the same rtf' 
meats. 
h. Lowest spot or mark in row B. 
same oblique direction, but always more or less j, r 
from it, there is another black mark (d). This & a ‘\ iH 
generally sub-triangular and irregular in shape- 
the one lettered in the diagram is unusually 11,1 J ;l 
elongated, and regular. It apparently consist® ^1 
lateral and broken prolongation of the mark ( ■ 
