. The bird, its form and function . Fig. 3S.—Adult Browu Pelicans in full l)roe(ling; plunuiee. 1,S natural .-!/.( 59 6o The Bird verge more and more, until two distinct longitudinallines are formed, with traces of a third near the smaller feather from the same wing is marked withspots which are nearly circular and which show fainttraces of encircling bands of white pointing toward astill more elaljorate system of IlG. 39. —Evolution of a c-olour pattern upon two feathers of a ulturine ; a stripe breaking up into dots, these forming cross-vars, and on thesecon


. The bird, its form and function . Fig. 3S.—Adult Browu Pelicans in full l)roe(ling; plunuiee. 1,S natural .-!/.( 59 6o The Bird verge more and more, until two distinct longitudinallines are formed, with traces of a third near the smaller feather from the same wing is marked withspots which are nearly circular and which show fainttraces of encircling bands of white pointing toward astill more elaljorate system of IlG. 39. —Evolution of a c-olour pattern upon two feathers of a ulturine ; a stripe breaking up into dots, these forming cross-vars, and on thesecond feather a regular series of dots encircled with white. It is interesting to conjecture in wiiich direction thedecoration of feathers is proceeding. In the case of theguinea-fowl, are the spots converging into lines or arethe lines the more ancient, and for some reason grad-ually splitting up into smaller divisions? This is hard todecipher, and if we look at the rest of the guinea-fowlsbody, the matter becomes only the more complicated. Peathers Oi For, higher up on the wings, and on the slioulders, wefind that the fine specks which were barely noticeable onthe tips of some of the wing-feathers, are in the ascend-ant, and absorb or replace the white spots over the wholefeather. The faint trace of the third line near the shaftof which I spoke, has suddenly assumed an unexpectedimportance and has spread out into a broad centr


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