. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. .\Ii.\Ti)l).;n(y/,wâw vtirrim'im. This substance is found very largely in most of the Parrot tribe, and I well remember pptting my coat powdered hke that of a miller from plaving with the nreat white Cockatoo in the Zoologica CJardens of Dublin. Many othel liirds, such as tl>evulture,s possess in ,«unous powdery suUstance, whose oltice is rather doubtful. The powder is produced the formative substance of the quill, which, instead of being developed into shaft and web as m
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. .\Ii.\Ti)l).;n(y/,wâw vtirrim'im. This substance is found very largely in most of the Parrot tribe, and I well remember pptting my coat powdered hke that of a miller from plaving with the nreat white Cockatoo in the Zoologica CJardens of Dublin. Many othel liirds, such as tl>evulture,s possess in ,«unous powdery suUstance, whose oltice is rather doubtful. The powder is produced the formative substance of the quill, which, instead of being developed into shaft and web as m the ,mse o the perfect quills, dries up and is tlKurtln-own off in a c£y " .. Ihe nnpertect < ran generally be seen with the rest of the I miag., when the Cockatoo bends down its head or plumes itself, and tlie white substance M} I'e seen m the open of the inqierfect i connnon to thi'se t when placed under the m ^' â I'rul well-marked 1 wo (lissninlai' ir'C]i>~. ^' it must .serve some i) that icroscope, but with the aid of the pol eiy hltle structure is found in this dust lexiiLioiial cells. polarizer I have made out ^^Jjli .8*4 ^^0^^4 m fA. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge
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