There was one instance of a male observed copulating with a decoy while a live female was on the singing ground 8 feet away . It could not be proved the other bird was a female but the observer was within a few feet and the size and actions of this bird were typical of other females seen on singing grounds.

a pretty landskip of the objects abroad invertedly painted on the paper , on the back of the eye

Ten women are considered by Mr. Rogers, of various nationalities and from various social strata […] . Inez Montez, Irish by birth but Spanish by choice and adding for years to the color of the California Gold Coast, makes up the tenth of this short dozen of Gallant Ladies.

While most of the marks are simple and of a universal nature, a few were later used as signs in the Indus script.