. Bird lore . ll find thefollowing table a simple and useful guide: 1. Natal plumage followed by postnatal molt. 2. Juvenal plumage followed by postjuvenal molt. 3. First winter plumage followed by first prenuptial molt. 4. First nuptial plumage followed by first postnuptial molt.[First protective plumage followed by first postprotective molt.] 5. Second winter plumage followed by second prenuptial molt, every species may have all of these molts and plumages, but this is the order in which they would naturally follow. Upper figures, interscapular feathers of Mead-owlark, at left. Am. M

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. Bird lore . ll find thefollowing table a simple and useful guide: 1. Natal plumage followed by postnatal molt. 2. Juvenal plumage followed by postjuvenal molt. 3. First winter plumage followed by first prenuptial molt. 4. First nuptial plumage followed by first postnuptial molt.[First protective plumage followed by first postprotective molt.] 5. Second winter plumage followed by second prenuptial molt, every species may have all of these molts and plumages, but this is the order in which they would naturally follow. Upper figures, interscapular feathers of Mead-owlark, at left. Am. Mus. No. 49229, d, Mor-ristown, N. J., Oct. 3, 1886, E. C. Thurber; atright. Am. Mus. No. 69696, cf, Trenton, N. J.,May 29, 1886, M. M. Green. Lower figures,interscapular feathers of Western Meadowlark,at left. Am. Mus. No. 52416, cf. Ft. Verde,Ariz., Nov. 23, 1884, E. A. Mearns; at right,No. 52413, cf, Yavapai Co., Arizona, March 18,1884, E. A. Mearns. To show seasonal abra-sion. From Bull. Am. Mus. Nat.

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