Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 57
jaunty crest. I have read a verygood and minute description of this most superbspecimen of Natures feather-work, which I wouldrather quote than try to equal: The train derives much of its beauty from theloose barbs of its feathers, whilst their great numberand their unequal length contribute to its… … played. The lowest and longest feathers of the traindo not terminate in such spots, but in spreading barbs,which encircle the erected disk. The blue of the neck;the green and black of the back and wings ; the brown,green, violet, and gold of the tail; the arrangement ofthe colors, their metallic…
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