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GLOSSARY. 



Haucous, a. Hoarse voiced. 



Hectkix, n. Any one of tlie tail feath- 

 ers. (Used ehiefl.y in the phiral.) 



1\EFKACTED, a. Abruptly bent, as if 

 broken. 



Uemex, n. Any one of the longer wing 

 feathers. (Used chiefly in the plural. ) 

 The reniiges are of two kinds, namely: 

 The pvimnri/ remiges or quills of the 

 hand wing, and the secondary remiges 

 or quills of the forearm. 



Eenifokm, a. Kidney sliaped. 



T- ( a. Folded over so as to 



liEPLICATE, 



Keplicated, 



Reticulate, 

 Heticulated, 



form a groove or 

 channel. 



a. Marked with cross 

 lines like the meshes 

 of a net. 



Eeticulatiox, n. Net work. 



JiETKACTiLE, a. (Susceptible of being 

 drawn back and driven forward, as a 

 cat's claw. 



Eetrose, a. Directed backward. 



IIhacuis, n. The shaft of a feather, ex- 

 clusive of the hollow basal portion or 

 "barrel." 



PiHiNAL, a. Pertaining to the nose. 



Khomboid, a. Lozenge shaped. 



RiCTAL, a. Pertaining to the rictus. 



liiCTUS, 7^. The gape; sometimes re- 

 stricted to the corner of the mouth, 

 or angulus oris. 



liosTKUM, n. The beak. 



Hounded, a. A rounded tail has the 

 central pair of feathers longest, the re- 

 mainder successively a little shorter. 

 A rounded toing is one in which the 

 first primary is short, the longest quill 

 being the third, fourth or fifth, or one 

 nearly midway between first and last. 



PuGA, 11. A ridge or wrinkle. 



PuGosE, a. Wrinkled. 



Pump, n. Tiiat portion of the upper 

 surface of the body lying between the 

 interscapulars and upper tail coverts. 



RuPicoLiNE, n. Pock inhabiting, 



s. 



Sagittate, a. Shaped like an arrow- 

 head. 



Salivary Glaxds, n. The organs 

 which secrete the saliva, or spittle. 



Saltatory, a. Progressing by leaps; 

 hopping. 



Saurgnathous, a. The want of fusion 

 of the parts of the palate at mid-line. 



Sauropsida, n. A primary group of 

 vertebrate animals, comprising birds 

 and reptiles. 



Saxicolixe, a. Stone inhabiting; per- 

 taining to or having the characteris- 

 tics of the Stone Chats. 



Scabrous, a. Scabby; scurfy; scaly. 



Scandent, a. Climbing. 



ScANSORiAL, a. Capable of climbing, 

 as a Woodpecker. Pertaining to the 

 obsolete group Scansores. 



Scapula, n. The shoulder blade. 



Scapular, a. Pertain ing to the scapula. 



Scapular Region, n. The usually 

 well-defined longitudinal area of 

 feathers overlying the slioulder blade. 

 They lie on each side of the back 

 (whence the feathers of the latter re- 

 gion are frequently called interscapu- 

 lars). 



SciiizoGXATiious, a. Having the max- 

 illo-palatine bones separated. 



SciiizoRiiiNAL. a. Having the posterior 

 margin of the osseous nares decidedly 

 slit-like or triangular. 



ScissoB SHAPED, «. A scissoT-slutped 

 tail is one that is deeply forficate, 

 thus resembling the blades of a pair 

 of shears. 



Scolopacine, a. Snipe-like; pertaining 

 to or having characteristics of the 

 Snipe family. 



ScuTELLATE, «. Provided with scu- 

 tella, or transverse scales. 



ScuTELLUM, n. One of the regular 

 transverse scales, or plates, of tlie 

 tarsus or toes of a bird. 



ScuTiFORM, a. Shield shaped. 



Secondary Coverts, n. Properly the 

 posterior row of wing coverts, which 

 overlie the basal portion of the sec- 

 ondaries. The greater wing coverts. 

 f n. The long feathers 

 I of the forearm. 

 J which in tlie spread 

 wing appear in a con- 

 tinuous row with 

 the primaries. 

 a. H alf-webbed: 

 having the meni- 



Secondaries, 

 Secondary 



Quills, 

 Secondary' 



Remiges, 



Semipalmate, 

 Semipalmated, 



brane between the 

 anterior toes 

 reaching not more 

 than half way to 

 their ends. 



Senile, a. Aged; pertaining to old age. 



Septum, n. A partition. 



Sericeous, a. Silky. 



Serrate, ) „> n j ii 



Serrated, p'- loo'l'^d, hke a saw. 



Sessile, a. Resting directly upon an 



object, without stem or peduncle. 

 Setaceous, a. Bristly; bristled. 



