Archive image from page 444 of The descent of man . The descent of man : and selection in relation to sex descentofmanseledarw Year: 1874 Pig. 59. Portion of one of the secondary wing--feathers near to the body, showing the so-called elliptic ornaments. The right-hand fig- ure is given merely as a diagram for the sake of the letters of reference. A, B, C, D, &c. Rows of spots running down to and forming the ellip- tic ornaments. b. Lowest spot or mark in row B. c. The next succeeding spot or mark in the same row. d. Apparently a broken prolongation of the spot c in the same row B. one row, fo
Archive image from page 444 of The descent of man . The descent of man : and selection in relation to sex descentofmanseledarw Year: 1874 Pig. 59. Portion of one of the secondary wing--feathers near to the body, showing the so-called elliptic ornaments. The right-hand fig- ure is given merely as a diagram for the sake of the letters of reference. A, B, C, D, &c. Rows of spots running down to and forming the ellip- tic ornaments. b. Lowest spot or mark in row B. c. The next succeeding spot or mark in the same row. d. Apparently a broken prolongation of the spot c in the same row B. one row, for instance, B, in fig. 59, the lowest mark (b) is thicker and considerably longer than the upper spots, and has its left extremity pointed and curved upwards. This black mark is abruptly bordered on its upper side by a rather broad space of richly shaded tints, beginning with a narrow brown zone, which passes into orange, and this into a pale leaden tint, with the end towards the shaft much paler. These shaded tints together fill up
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