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Description: | The beautiful iridescence of the plumage is derived from the feather structure. Hollow rods of the dark pigment melanin are arranged in a flat sheet near the surface of the barbules where they refract and reflect light at the blue wavelength. - - | Format: | text/html | License: | http://rammuseum.org.uk/legal | Publisher: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter City Council | Rights holder: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter City Council | Subjects: | Animals Natural history | Source: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum | Creator: | Not specified | Identifier: | http://rammcollections.org.uk/content/ca... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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