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Behle
1934
Berkeley, California, MVZ - UC.
Aug 6
6 mi W. Oroville, Butte co., Calif:
which are in molt. Tail, outer 3 old, rest new.
This specimen as are previously drawn
shows well the feather replacement of
back
7im 496 Otocoris alpestri rubea 26.4
Juvenal. Primary 9,8,7 old, 6 1/3 grown, 5,4,3,
2,1 new. Secondary No 1 is 1/2 grown, 2,3,4,5,6
old, 7 old, 8 starting, 9 new. Tertials old +
scapulars old. Rest can be seen from
study skin.
Sim 497 Otocoris alpestri rubea 31.5g.
Primary 9,8 old, 7 coming in, all rest
new. Secondary. No 1 new, 2 nearly full
grown, 3 starting, 4,5,6, old, 7 1/2 grown,
8+9 new.
Sim 498 Otocoris alpestri rubea 33.7g.
Once again conclusive evidence of the complete
post juvenal molt. Primary No 9 a papillae,
8 1/5 grown, rest new. Secondary Nos 1,2,3 new.
4 pulling out of sheath, 5,6 old, 7,8,9 new. The
tertians new. Outer tail feather unfurling from
sheath. Few head+neck feathers are old
or molting.
This is the 1st bird I have come across
with molt nearly complete yet showing immature scale