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EXPLANATION of some technical 



TERMS IN ORNITHOLOGY USED IN THIS 

 WORK, AND BY LiNNiEUS. 



Fig. 

 I . Cere, Cera 



2. Capijlrum 



u Lorum 



THE naked (kin that covers the 

 bafe of the bill in the Ha'wk 

 kind. 



A word ufed by Linnceus to exprefs 

 the fhort feathers on the forehead juft 

 above the bill. In Cro^j.-s thefe fall 

 forwards over the noftrils. 



The fpace between the bill and the 

 eye generally covered with feathers, 

 but in fome birds naked, as in the 

 black and white Grebe, 



4. Orbits, Orbita The ikin that furrounds the eye, 

 which is generally bare, particularly 

 in the Heron and Parrot, 



5 . Emarglnatum 



6. Vlbr'ijfa 



7. Bajiard tving. 

 Alula J'puria 



A bill is called rojirum emarglnatum 

 when there is a fmall notch near the 

 end : this is confpicuous in that of 

 Butcher-birds and Thrujhes. 



Vibrijfa peclinat^y ftifr hairs that 

 grow on each fide the mouth, formed 

 like a double comb, to be feen in the 

 Goat/ucker, Flycatcher^ Sec. 



A fmall joint rifing at the end of 

 the middle part of the wing, or the 



(:{bitHS ^ 



