c« 
4p. 
Siv. 
gradation of characters. 
149 
Stfj' 
^Ht[ SU( Merily cease upwards and become confused, 
(«) j s ° Ve this limit the whole upper end of the feather 
' J V]j C " Vere(1 with white dots, surrounded by little 
|' IU 8 S ! standing on a 
hie ,. e str 4 ) e belonging to 
is j PP»most ocellus 
J*P**er 
MVl ththe 
be ^ 01 ’° stated, this 
,%l 6( } ( [ P ai 't is apparently 
' J V a hm-iton 
% 
%, 
\ 
4 >id 
“sen, 
same row. From 
Ce of the 
a thi i UI T,lle upper 
tl l6 ' 6ri6(i P art of the 
J °iigu 'Pperruost ocellus, 
l' s l ) ect s ' etlect i u all other 
j ll( i beejj U jh Jefll ’ s as if its top 
, 'vo„ ] | ol ' 1 ique]y sliced off. 
t]' y 0 l| e tLmk ’ P er P lex 
) | 6 Plum ' l ° ^iieves that 
Nnm 1 of the Argus- 
ii°' Vse ®it"f 8 ereatec i as we 
„ ^etfew ’ t0 aec ount for the 
v^UiOsf C ’ 0n( htion of the 
V f ° 8t ocelli 
a fe ath, 
dark ground. Even the 
Q>) 
ated only by a 
8ll0rt irregular 
black 
hsiy 
V 
ip'-., 
fi hip e Vei ;° base. As this 
%bo v S t ' 1Us a h™ptly cut 
"e can understand, 
Vv <lt has gone before, 
’W]j e ls that the upper 
I'Vut ; tC ^ Ult °i the ring is 
ll s: w 11 ^©uppermost ocel- 
ii llSver :; lue usual, curved, 
^iou'nf!, broken h r0 ' 
ih+i 01 next higher 
, sa 
Fig. 69. Portion near summit of one of 
the Secondary wing-feathers, bearing 
perfect ball-and-socket ocelli. 
a. Ornamented upper part. 
b. Uppermost, imperfect ball-and-socket 
ocellus. (The shading above the 
white mark on the summit of the 
ocellus Is here a little too dark.) 
c. Perfect ocellus. 
I should add that in the secondary 
61 farthest from the body all the ocelli are 
