THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
“ The young one day old, were bom blind and naked, the flesh being a 
peculiar shade of orange-pink; gape creamy-yellow. Little white spots 
marked the places where the wing and tail quills would shortly make their 
appearance. Six days old: gape creamy-yellow, irides pale brown; the 
quills on the top of the head not yet broken ; a line of feathers down the centre 
of the back was of a dusky greyish colour. The thighs were sparsely covered 
at the base with a few long unbroken quills, while others just broken formed 
a dusky greyish patch at rear of shoulders. The tail quills were short and 
just breaking, the upper ones being black and the lower ones yellow. The 
primaries and secondaries, which were contained in long bluish quills, were 
protruding about a quarter of an inch and were of a dusky greyish colour 
with faint olive edgings. Lines of feathers starting from a patch on the throat 
and continuing down each side of the chest and abdomen were of a rich 
sulphur-yellow colour ; each side of the rump was decorated with a small 
patch of yellowish feathers ; the legs and feet were bluish-grey.” 
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