SUPPLEMENT—BIRDS OF NORFOLK & LORD HOWE ISLANDS, ETC. 
marked with vermiculations. The tail-feathers have the white bases much 
more extensive. The fore-head and hack of head still with dark brown feathers. 
The lower hind-neck much whiter, with brown edges to the feathers, but no 
vermiculations. 
5. All the back, scapulars and upper tail-coverts are now white with 
vermiculations. The band on the breast is marked with vermiculations only 
and is not very noticeable. On the head only the crown is dark brown. 
6. The neck all round is white. The crown has now lost its brown feathers, 
and only vermiculations remain there. The verimculations on the breast are 
getting narrower. 
At this stage, apparently, the olecranal patch on the whig appears. The 
vermiculations are few r er but never seem quite to disappear (?). The tail- 
feathers now have all white shafts, the black being confined to the webs at 
the tip, and in some feathers black is only visible on the outer web. 
In another example the black on the tail-feathers is confined to the outer 
webs and is not extensive. 
The black on the tail-feathers seems to disappear with the vermiculations 
on the feathers on the breast. 
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