Sentence examples for primary feather from inspiring English sources

In falcons it begins at primary feather 4 and proceeds both outward and inward.

Members of the group share a number of anatomical features, including the presence of a well-developed 10th primary feather in the wing and adaptations for insect eating.

In many accipiters and related species, molt begins with the innermost primary feather (number 1) and proceeds in regular sequence to the outermost (number 10).

The image of a feather in the mind's eye tends to be that from the tip of a wing of a bird (a primary feather) with the long shaft and wonderfully sharp edges and apparently 'solid' face.

We found that the length of the innermost primary feather, a standard measure of development, significantly predicted first-year repertoire size.

Nudds and Dyke reported a diameter of 0.75 millimetre (0.030 ) for the longest primary feather, which Paul could not confirm using photographs.

11 primary feathers, the outermost much reduced.

The ventral primary feathers, secondary and tail feathers are olive green.

His wings fell to his side, and his primary feathers reached out to the ground.

Abbreviations: h, humerus; mc, metacarpal; pf, primary feathers; ph, phalanx; r, radius; sf, secondary feathers; u, ulna.

Later, as his adoring fans in Taiwan looked on, those colors gave way to pure white with black primary feathers.