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QUILLS TO AVOID 1. Inner wing quill of Bald Eagle ; length, 10-13 inches ; brownish black, more or less white at the base 2. Outer wing quill of Bald Eagle; length, 15-24 inches; black, often whitish or brownish at the base, the broader web of the five outer quills notched, this notch being absent from the remaining quills. 3. Outer wing quill of Brown Pelican ; length, 15-17 inches ; black, the quill, or midrib, white for about two-thirds its length. 4. Inner wing quill of Brown Pelican; length, about 10 inches; blackish brown, the outer margins, particularly of the narrower web, frosted with silver-gray.
