The plumage of the remiges of the wings of every species of owl that I have yet examined is remarkably soft and pliant.
Slightly elevated remiges and rectrices, still in the sheath, were visible on the ninth day.
The plumage is intense black, with the inner webs of the remiges at their base white, but the wing-band, which is over an inch in breadth, shows only when the bird flies.
The remiges are thirteen in number, four of which answer to primaries.
Altogether seventeenremiges are represented, of which seven correspond to primaries.
Remiges in the cassowary are represented by a few spine-like shafts--three primaries and two secondaries.
A pollex is wanting, as in the cassowary, emeu and apteryx, while it is impossible to say whether remiges are represented or not.
This is shown by the fact that in the nestling these remiges have a normal calamus, rhachis and vane; but as development proceeds the rhachis with its vane sloughs off, while the calamus becomes enormously lengthened and solid.
Gadow, "Remarks on the Numbers and on the Phylogenetic Development of the Remiges of Birds," Proc.
A nestling 7 days old shows the remiges about one-third grown, while the body is still all downy.
A bird in my collection, about half grown has the above parts well feathered and the remiges one-third grown; but the head and rump are still downy and the rectrices have not yet started.
But this is almost immediately preceded by the delayed molt of the remiges in January and February, so that it seems to be a nearly complete prenuptial molt, which is barely finished before the birds start on their long northward migration.
A postjuvenal molt begins in September, at which the body plumage is renewed, but not the remiges and few, if any, of the rectrices; most of the wing coverts are retained and some of the tertials.
Six or seven remiges were attached to the hand, ten to the ulna.
The remiges and rectrices indicate perfect feathers, with shaft and complete vanes which were so neatly finished that they must have possessed typical radii and hooklets.
Rectrices below verditer-blue; inner web of remiges below with a wide edge of verditer-blue; first primary above edged with blue on outer web.
Similar to the adult, but lores and forehead blue; back buffy brown; remiges and rectrices largely buffy brown; under tail-coverts white washed with buff.
Entirely black, strongly glossed with green, except the remiges and rectrices which have but little gloss; when held away from the light the feathers show slight purple reflections.
White; under tail-coverts vermilion edged with white; inner webs of remiges and rectrices sulphur-yellow much deeper on the latter and in some specimens tinged with red; sexes similar.
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