The dovecote and the aviary The dovecote and the aviary : being sketches of the natural history of pigeons and other domestic birds in a captive state : with hints for their management dovecoteaviarybe00dixo Year: [18--.] PECULIAR PLUMAGE. 373 closely allied. In the Ostrich the feathers have no accessory plume; in the Rhea there is a tuft of down; in the Emeu the accessory plume is augmented to the full size of the principal shaft and web, and the feather of this bird is constantly and correctly represented as having two plumes on one quill; in the Cassowary, be- sides the double shafts and
The dovecote and the aviary The dovecote and the aviary : being sketches of the natural history of pigeons and other domestic birds in a captive state : with hints for their management dovecoteaviarybe00dixo Year: [18--.] PECULIAR PLUMAGE. 373 closely allied. In the Ostrich the feathers have no accessory plume; in the Rhea there is a tuft of down; in the Emeu the accessory plume is augmented to the full size of the principal shaft and web, and the feather of this bird is constantly and correctly represented as having two plumes on one quill; in the Cassowary, be- sides the double shafts and webs from a single quill, as in the Emeu, there is still an accessory plume, thus forming three distinct parts.' Body feather of the Australian
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