. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . The plumage is full, very soft, and blended, on the back muchelongated, with the barbs separated, the feathers there beingan inch long, and thus greatly exceeding the diameter of the are no bristle-feathers at the base of the bill. The wings,Fig. 191, are of moderate length, concave, with nineteen. quills, of which the outer is scarc
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . The plumage is full, very soft, and blended, on the back muchelongated, with the barbs separated, the feathers there beingan inch long, and thus greatly exceeding the diameter of the are no bristle-feathers at the base of the bill. The wings,Fig. 191, are of moderate length, concave, with nineteen. quills, of which the outer is scarcely half as long as the second,which is four-twelfths of an inch shorter than the third ; thefourth, which is the longest, exceeds the fifth only by half a BROWN TREE-CREEPER. 35 twelfth, and the third by one twelfth, while the second andeighth are nearly equal. The tail is long, arched, much roundedat the end, of twelve stifF-shafted acuminate feathers, of whichthe lateral is eight-twelfths shorter than the middle. Fig. 192.
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