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42. I. WHITES, GREYS AND BLACKS.

whites.

Syme’s 1821 edition

included five of

Werner’s original

whites (numbers , 2, 4,

6 and 7), though he

has renamed Bright

White ‘Snow White’

and Milk White

‘Skimmed-milk White’.

One white is from the

Lenz system (number 8)

and two whites from

his own 1814 edition

(numbers 3 and 5).

No.

Nam.

Colour.

i.

1

Snow

White.

Breast of the black

headed Gull.



Reddish

White.

Egg of Grey

Linnet.

3

Purplish

White.

Junction of the Neck

and Back of the

Kittiwake Gull.



Yellowish

White.

Egret.

5

Orange-

coloured

White.

Breast of White

or Screech Owl.

6

Greenish

White.

Vent Coverts

of Golden

crested Wren.

7

Skimmed-

milk

White.

White of the

Human Eyeballs.

8

Greyish

White.

Inside Quill-feathers

of the Kittiwake.