. Canaries, hybrids, and British birds in cage and aviary. 148 CANARIES, HYBRIDS, AND BRITISH BIRDS Various Feathers. just at the time when it is most required, substance is, especially in the upper or We naturally inquire: What is this more coloured and frjossy ))ai-t of the covering formed or. what are its constituent feathers, coniljined with oils and metallic elements, and what its com- substances in very minute ])ro])ortions ; ^!?^°.l' '°" iionent parts ? Mudie, in his but in the down and light-coloured feathers of Feathers. ' ' " " British Birds," says that it is near
. Canaries, hybrids, and British birds in cage and aviary. 148 CANARIES, HYBRIDS, AND BRITISH BIRDS Various Feathers. just at the time when it is most required, substance is, especially in the upper or We naturally inquire: What is this more coloured and frjossy ))ai-t of the covering formed or. what are its constituent feathers, coniljined with oils and metallic elements, and what its com- substances in very minute ])ro])ortions ; ^!?^°.l' '°" iionent parts ? Mudie, in his but in the down and light-coloured feathers of Feathers. ' ' " " British Birds," says that it is nearly ; " the feathers of birds, the coverintjs of In giving definitions of the component tlie feathcrlcss i)arts. and even the beak parts, IMudie refers to the " car-covcrts, which consist of certain .solt feathers covering the external organ of h e a r i n g. T h e s c a ji III a r s, o r feathers which cover the shoulders and shoidder-bones, and the places where the Inimcri, or first bones of the wing, answering to the bones of the human arm ab(ne the elbow, are ar- ticulated. They unite with- out nuich distinction with the common feathers of the back, and along with those of the wings and the sides. The scapular feathers serve only as a clothing to the jiarts they cover, l)ut they form a thick and comparatively downy co\cr- ing, which, while it admits of easy motion, preserves the im|)()rtant joints which it coAcrs from the changes of the weather. The hasiard icing consists of a greater or smaller number of feathers, bearing some re- semblance to the quills of the true wing. They grow from a little l)oiu' wiiich is the third joint of the lesser are the the plumage of the wings, all birds take the form and lirm feathers. There are generally several rows of them : and tliere are the iinilrr-covcrls which answer to them, and line Hie undci' or inner side o! the wings : but these are more slender and downy in their consistence, and,. ORNirnOIO
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