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Blyth & Weir

why Pavo spiciferus & not muticus?

p 7 of my M.S. - Java peacock

Land & Water "Z". I give Mr Blyth

Black crows feedng by others

Estrelda amandava at Beak of male different from fem (see in vol. 2. of Jerdon) is change permanent - or seasonals Jerdon does not say.

Birds of Paradise & Humming Birds

p 37 masculine plumage seasonal?

In Grallatores, which undergo a double moult (snipes, moravians, Glareolæ) & do not change colour, can cause be thicker & warmer plumage?

Any case beside Ptarmigan of moulting white for Protection.

In Anatidæ the males alone have a double moult & change colour

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p. 111. I have said that with some Drongo shrikes & Vidua disc-tail feathers alone developed & not whole plumage acquired at a vernal moult

p. 42 I have said ♂s alone in most Ducks undergo a double moult.

p. 43 I have said that Anas poecilorhyncha) in which sexes resemble each other appears to have only a single annual moult.

62.  Weir mentioned affection of paired Birds & start pining after one is dead.

(62)  Weir odd account of Birds attached to other quadrupeds.—

Blyth Genesis of circular spots of color Gradation from bar or stripe into a spot or ocellus.- Argus Pheasant

How ♀ of Tragopan Pheas

Columba amaliæ, spotted Finches - If any species or ♀ of Guinea fowl had normally striped feathers - transition at least wd. be probable. - domestic cats Snakes.

Blyth Ask whether statement about Ducks true moulting of Ducks. p. 309 of Mag. of N. Hist.

Jerdon, Thomas Claverhill. 1862-1864. The birds of India; being a natural history of all the birds known to inhabit continental India, with descriptions of the species, genera, families, tribes, and orders, and a brief notice of such families as are not found in India, making it a manual of ornithology specially adapted for India. 2 vols. in 3. Calcutta: the author. [A copy ordered, CCD16] vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 pt. 1 PDF vol. 2 pt. 2 PDF