MeloSpira melodia 37. Barbs ('82) 4 June Steam Wgt 198, Nest Q (5) 0635 R-3 5.4 gm. All prim. & all but inner 3 sec. well out. Eye nearly don, yet starting. Ventral darkening now in inverted U, from throat down lateral 1/3 of ventral tract to rib level. (ie, upper ventral tract). R-1 6.1 gm. Same as R-3 L-3 2.0 gm. No change 1920 R-1 7.7 gm. 8th Prim >1mm All primaries, sec., sec. 3 outer sec. are thin skin. Alula thin. Some humeral slightly out. Others, on mid- lack flank, ready to pop. R-3 7.7 gm. 8th Prim. >1mm. Same in all respects as R-1. Eyes may be beginning to open. No sign of littleb-3, the white bird. 5 June 0635 R-1 7.7 gm. 8th Prim. 2.5mm. Sheaths out on mid-lack+neck. All gxs out. Some humeral, may upper abdominal & sheaths out Eye open a lit. R-3 7.9 gm. 8th Prim 2.5 mm. Same as above. 1930 R-3 10.6 gm. 8-14Prim. 4mm. A few brown sheaths out, some all along back Flank+thigh as well as some on all parts of ventral tract are out. R-1 9.9 gm. 8th Prim. 3.5mm. Not as far as R-3 - fewer sheaths out on flank + thigh.