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Identifier: veterannaturalis00richuoft (find matches)
Title: A veteran naturalist : being the life and work of W.B. Tegetmeier
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Richardson, E. W. (Edmund William), b. 1861
Subjects: Tegetmeier, W. B. (William Bernhard), 1816-1912
Publisher: London : Witherby
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
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osely within a socket. But when Ilooked at the specimen in the British Museum,which is mounted with the wings expanded andtrailing downwards, I was greatly disappointed,for the ocelli appeared flat or even concave,Mr. Gould, however, soon made the case clearto me, for he had made a drawing of a malewhilst he was displaying himself. At such timesthe long secondary feathers in both wings arevertically erected and expanded, and these,together with the enormously elongated tailfeathers, make a grand semi-circular upright fan.Now as soon as the wing feathers are held inthis position, and the light shines on them fromabove, the full effect of the shading comes out,and each ocellus resembles the ornament called theball-and-socket. These feathers have been shownto several artists, and all have expressed theiradmiration at the perfect shading. The primarywing feathers, which in most gallinaceous birdsare uniformly coloured, are in the Argus pheasantnot less wonderful objects than the secondary
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pav h 5 e — < ^. X. X ^- 5;K2 = P3 - 2-2 5 at -~ *~? - A g 3 « X 5 0IS \Fcu-ing p. 167. PHEASANT AND GAME PRESERVING 167 wing feathers ; they are of a soft brown tintwith numerous dark spots, each of which consistsof two or three black dots with a surroundingdark zone. But the chief ornament is a spaceparallel to the dark blue shaft, which in outlineforms a perfect second feather lying within thetrue feather. This inner part is coloured of alighter chestnut, and is thickly dotted withminute white points. I have shown this featherto several persons, and many have admired iteven more than the ball-and-socket feathers,and have declared that it was more like a workof art than of nature. Now these feathers arequite hidden on all ordinary occasions, but arefully displayed when the long secondary feathersare erected, though in a widely different manner ;for they are expanded in front like two little fansor shields, one on each side of the breast, near theground. The case of the male Ar

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