1866/01/01 by H. E. Dresser · 2 citations
Social Sciences · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Archaeology and Natural History #Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies #Plumage #Feather #Geography #Maturity (psychological) #Zoology #Biology
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1474-919x.1866.tb06071.x
openalex publication_date 1866/01/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
existence is represented in the accompanying figure (Plate I.), copied from a drawing of a living bird made by myself last summer.But the whole body soon becomes covered with a snow-white garment, over which the true plumage gradually extends, and in the course of between two and three months it is able to fly.For a considerable time after this period, how¬ ever, small detached masses of down may be seen protruding through the feathers, more especially those of the head and neck.The plumage from this stage on to maturity is so well known that I need not occupy more valuable space in the de¬ scription of it, and I therefore bring these remarks to a close.II. -Notes on the Birds of Southern Texas.