416 GLOSSARY. 



CERVICAL.. Pertaining to the hind neck. 



CHIN. Space between the forks of the hjvver jaws. 



CLAVICLE. Collar bone. 



COMMISSURE. Line where the two mandibles meet. 



CRISSUM. Under tail coverts. 



CULMEN. Ridge of upper mandible. 



CUNEATE. Wedge-shaped. A cuneate tail has the middle feathers longest. 



D 



DECIDUOUS. Temporary ; falling early. 



DECOMPOSED. Separate; standing apart. 



DENTIROSTRAL. Having the bill toothed or notched. ^ 



DIA(4X0STIC. Distinctively characteristic. 



DORSAL. Pertaining to the back. 



E 

 EMAR(;iNATE. Notched at the end : slightly forked. 

 ERYTHRISM. A peculiar reddish state of plumage. 



F 

 FALCATE. Sickle-shaped. 

 FEMORAL. Pertaining to the thigh. 

 FERRU<iINOUS. Rusty red. 



FISSIROSTRAL. Having the bill cleft far beyond the base of its liorny i)art. 

 FORFICATE. Deeply forked. 

 FULKtINOUS. Sooty-brown. 

 FULVOUS. Of a brownish-yellow coloi-. 

 FURCATE. Forked. 

 FUSCOUS. Of a dark grayish-brown cf)loi-. 



G 



GIBBOUS. Swollen ; protuberant. 

 GONYS. Keel or outline of the bill so far as united. 

 GRADUATED. Changing length at regular intervals. 

 GULAR. Pertaining to tlie upper fore neck. 

 GUTTATPl Having drop-shapeil sjxtts. 



H 

 HALLUX. The hind toe. 



I 

 IMBRICATED. Fi.xed shingle-wise ; overlapping. 

 INTERSCAPULAR. Between the shoulders. 



J 



JUGULUM. Lower throat. 



L 

 LAMKLLA. A tliin plate or scale, such as are seen inside a duck's }»ill. 

 LANCl'XH.ATE. Shaped like the liead of a lance. 



LARYNX. Adam's apple ; a liollow cartilaginous organ : a moditiiation of 

 tlie windpipe. 



