Feather from a Argus Pheasant

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“Fig. 19 - A partly pennaceous, partly plumulaceous feather, from Argus pheasant; after Nitzsch. ad, main stem; d, calamus; a, rhachis; c, c, c, vanes, cut away on left side in order not to interfere with b, the after-shaft, the whole of the right vane of which is likewise cut away.” Elliot Coues, 1884

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birds, Pheasant, feather, ornithology, bird anatomy, bird feather, Argus pheasant, feather stem, calamus, rhachis, feather vanes, pheasant feathers, parts of a feather, structure of a feather

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Source

Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)

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