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  • On lifting the wing-coverts they are seen to arise from two tubular horny sheaths, which diverge from near the point of junction of the carpal bones.

    The Malay Archipelago 2004

  • Pigeons very wary, mostly of the green sort with whitish wing-coverts; a pretty small-sized Jay occurs, with a jerking bobtailed flight, a strong-billed Parus, of the climbing sub-genus,

    Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

  • The secondaries and greater wing-coverts are white, contrasting vividly, as the bird flies, with the black primaries.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

  • There were heads then, plenty of them, and every one, evidently, had been turned back and buried in the warm wing-coverts.

    Roof and Meadow Dallas Lore Sharp 1899

  • He was the handsomest member of the _Picidæ_ family I have ever seen -- his upper parts glossy black, some portions showing a bluish iridescence; his belly rich sulphur yellow, a bright red median stripe on the throat, set in the midst of the black, looking like a small necktie; two white stripes running along the side of the head, and a large white patch covering the middle and greater wing-coverts.

    Birds of the Rockies 1896

  • But his plumage is still more variegated, for he bears a conspicuous white spot on the greater wing-coverts, and his breast is daintily tinted with chestnut-brown, abruptly cut off from the blue of the throat, while the remaining under parts are snowy white.

    Birds of the Rockies 1896

  • The male is a trig and handsome fellow, giving you the impression of a well-dressed gentleman in his Sunday suit of black, "with more or less of a slaty cast," as Ridgway puts it, the middle and greater wing-coverts bearing a conspicuous white patch which is both a diagnostic marking and a real ornament.

    Birds of the Rockies 1896

  • The upper parts were brownish-gray of various shades, the wings and tail for the most part dusky, the wing-coverts, tertials, and some of the quills bordered and tipped with white, also the tail.

    Birds of the Rockies 1896

  • Tits swung and frolicked among the tree-tops, and a jay flew off noisily with a flash of azure wing-coverts and volley of harsh discordant cries.

    The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Lucas Malet 1891

  • Male: black; the rump, breast, belly, and lesser wing-coverts chestnut.

    Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners Elliott Coues 1870

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