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aLOSSARY. 



Epipleu'ra, n. An obliquely backward bony 

 process of a vertebral rib. 



Epithe'lum, 11. Superficial layer of mucous 

 meiuliranc. Sometiiiics also the thick tough 

 inenibrane liniiif; tlie gizzard. 



EPrniK'.MA, n. Honiy excrescence upon the bill. 



Epizo'on, n. An external parasite. 



Epizout'ic, a. Parasitic among animals. 



Erec'tile, a. Susceptible of being rai.sed, as 

 a crest ; or capable of swelling and stiffening, 

 as a penis. 



ER'vTHia.'^M, ((. A particular state of plumage 

 cluiractc'rized by excess of red pigment ; it is 

 well shown in Scops asio and other owls. (Com- 

 pare alhinism and melanism.) 



Eth'moid, n. One of the cranial bones, in the 

 n;isal region. 



ErYr'icAL, rt. Of exceptional character. Tend- 

 ing away from a particular type. Opposed to 

 attijpical. 



Eu.sta'chian" (lube), a. forn. The air-tube from 

 the fauces to the inner ear. 



Even {tail), a. Having all the feathers of equal 

 length. Also called cauda aijuaHs or inteyra. 



Ex- (in comjmsilioH). Out ; out of ; away from. 



ExcREs'cEXCE, ». Outgrowth, fleshy or cuta- 

 neous. 



Excre'ta, n. pi. Excrement, or other animal 

 refuse. 



Ex'cRETORT or Ex'cRETiVE, a. HaWng power 

 or quality of excreting. Excreting differs from 

 secreting, in that the substance resulting is 

 to be eliminated from the economy, not used ; 

 e. g. saliva is secreted ; urea is excreted. 



Exoccip'iTAL, a. or n. One of the lateral ele- 

 ments of the occipital bone. 



Exog'enous, a. Produced by outgrowth. 



ExosTO'sis, n. Any morbid bony outgrowth oi 

 enlargement. 



Exten'sor, n. Generic name of muscles that 

 extend or straighten a limb or any of its seg- 

 ments. 



Exte'rior Toes. (126.) 



Extrem'itv, n. Any limb, member ; equal to 

 wembrurn, artus. 



Ey'as, n. An unfledged hawk. 



Eye'brow, n. (43.) See Sitpeecilium. 



Et'ry or Ey"'rie, n. Nest of a V>ird of prey. 



F. 



Fabei^la, n. A certain sesamoid bone. 



Fa'cet, n. Smooth, flattened articulating sur- 

 face. 



Fa'cial, a. Pertaining to the face. 



F.i'ciES, n. Face ; whole front of head, ex- 

 cepting the biU. 



F^'cai., a. Pertaining to excrement ; excre- 

 mentitious. 



F^'cES, n. pi. Excrement ; dung. 



Fai'^ifopm ( "' Sickle-shaped; scythe-shaped. 

 Fal'conixe, o. Like a hawk ; belonging to the 



Falconidfi;. 

 False Wing. (79.) See Alula. 

 Falx Cerebri, n. A certain fold of the dura 



mater. 

 Family, n. Systematic group of the. grade 



between order and genu.s, generally distin- 



guished or denoted by the termination -ixioe, 

 as falcoti-idoc. 



Fas'cia, n. Broad band of color. Also, equiva- 

 lent to Apokei'Rosls (which see). 



Fas'ciated, a. liroadly banded with color. 



Fas'cicle, 71. Bundle. 



Fas'CICLED, ) r. 11 J 



Fasciculate, j »• ^'''"^'^- 



Fa.stig'iate, a. Bundled together into conical 

 shape, or with enlarged head, like a wheat- 

 sheaf. 



Fau'ces, n. The jaws, internally ; back of the 

 mouth. Compare Pharynx. 



Feather, n. (1 ; 143.) See Pluma, Penna. 

 Any one of the objects which collectively con- 

 stitute the peculiar covering of birds. 



Fec'ulent, a. Excrementitious. 



Fecun'd.ated, a. Impregnated ; made fi-uit- 

 ful ; said of the germ of an egg n liich has re- 

 ceived the male eleniimt. 



Fecunda'tios, n. Impregnation ; the usual 

 consequence of the completed joint act of the 

 ovarian and speimatic organs. 



Fecux'dity, ». Fruitfulnes.s. 



Fkm'oral, a. Pertaining to the thigh, or part 

 of leg from hip to knee. 



Fe'mi'R, 71. Thigh-bone. Also used synonym- 

 ously with thi(jh. (fl(.) 



Fenes'trate, a. Furnished with openings 

 (from/c)K-«(r«, a w'indow). 



Fe'ral, «. Wild ; not tamed. Opposed to 

 domestic. The mallard is the feral stock of 

 the tame duck. 



Ferrugix'eous or Ferrc'ginous, a. Rusty- 

 red. 



Fe'tus or Fce'tus, n. Unborn young. (But the 

 unhatched young of birds are oftcner called 

 embryos.) 



Fibril'la, 71. ; pi. fihrillee. Little fibre. 



Fib'rix, a. Certain animal substance of fibrous 

 composition, found in the blood and else- 

 where. 



Fi'bro-car'tilage, 7!. A kind of cartilage of 

 fibrous structure, such as that between verte- 

 br* and many other joints. 



Fib'ula, ?(. Smaller outer leg-bone, lying along- 

 side the tibia. 



Fil'a.ment, iu Thread or slender fibre. 



Filament'ou.s, ) a. Threadlike ; composed of 



Fil'iform, \ filaments ; oftener, very nar- 



rowly linear. 



Filopluma'ceous, a. Having the structure of 

 a filoplume. 



Fil'oplume, n. Thread-like or hair-like feath- 

 er ; one with slender scape, and without web 

 in most or all of its length. 



Fim'briated, a. Fringed. 



Fissipal'mate, a. Lobiped and semipalmate, 

 as a grebe's foot is. 



Fis'siped, a. Having cleft toes. Opposed to 

 palmiped. 



Fissiros'tral, a. Having the lull cleft far be- 

 yond the base of its horny part. 



Fissiros'tres, n. An obsolete order of cleft- 

 billed birds, 



Flam'mulated, a. Per^'aded with reddish color. 



Flank, 78. Hinder part of side of trunk. (67.) 



Flap, ti. See Loma. 



Flex'ion, 71. Bending (of a limb). Opposed to 

 e^rtevsion. 



