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Its plumage is brighter and more glossy green and copper than bronzy-brown; it also differs from M. gallopavo in having far whiter remiges and a blue head decorated with orange, wart-like nodules.

From Scientific American • Jan. 16, 2013

The plumage of the remiges of the wings of every species of owl that I have yet examined is remarkably soft and pliant. 

From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 by Morley, Henry

The plumage is intense black, with the inner webs of the remiges at their base white, but the wing-band, which is over an inch in breadth, shows only when the bird flies.

From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

Each segment—arm, forearm and hand—bears feathers essential to flight, and these are divided into remiges, or “quill” feathers, and tectrices, or “coverts.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

The secondary remiges of Tringæ, wild-ducks, and some others, are very long, and give their wings, when in motion, a hooked appearance. 

From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 by Morley, Henry