Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 178
It isformed of feathers more than twoinches long, very thickly set, andwith hairy plumes curving over at the end. These canbe laid back so as to be hardly visible, or can beerected and spread out on every side, forming a hemi-spherical, or rather a hemi-ellipsoidal dome, completelycovering the… … 154 A Book of Natural History the breast, formed by a fleshy tubercle, as thick as aquill and an inch and a half long, which hangs downfrom the neck, and is thickly covered with glossyfeathers, forming a large pendant plume or tassel.This also the bird can either press to its breast, so as tobe…
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