GLOSSARY. 



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Ento (in coiiiposition). luuer; m^ento- 

 zoon, an internal parasite. 



Epi (iu composition). Upon; &?. epider- 

 mis, upon tlie skiu; i. e., surface skin. 



Epidermis, ?i. The cuticle, or scarf 

 skin. 



Epidermic, «. Pertaining to the epi- 

 dermis. 



Epignathous, a. Hook billed, as a 

 Hawlf or Parrot. 



Epitiiema, n. A horny excrescence up- 

 on tlie bill. 



Erytiirism, ??.. A particular state of 

 plumage caused by excess of red or 

 rufous pigment; it is one of the dichro- 

 matic states of many birds, as certain 

 species of Owls {Megascops asio, etc.) 



Etiolated, a. Whitened; bleaciied. 



Etypical, a. Tending away from nor- 

 mal or typical character. 



EuRHiPiDURA, n. Tlie name of one of 

 the primary groups of birds compris- 

 ing all existing species. 



EvEX, a. An e-pen or '•'•square'''' tail has, 

 when closed, all the feathers termi- 

 nating on the same transverse line; 

 in other words, it is truncated at the 

 tip. When spread, tips of feathers 

 describe a semicircle, while an emar- 

 giuate or slightly forked tail becomes 

 even or truncated when spread. 



Excrescence, n. Any outgrowth, 

 whether cutaneous, corneous, or 

 fleshy. 



Extensile, a. Susceptible of being ex- 

 tended or lengthened. 



Eyebrow, n. The middle portion of 

 the superciliary region, or that part 

 immediately above the eye. 



F. 



Facial, a. Pertaining to the face. 



Falcate, j a. Sliaped like a sickle 



Falciform, ( or scythe. 



Falconine, a. Falcon- like. 



Family, n. A systematic group in 

 scientific classification, embracing a 

 greater or less number of genera which 

 agree in certain characters not shared 

 by other birds of the same order. In 

 rank, a Family stands between Order 

 and Germs, the former being composed 

 of a greater or less number of nearly 

 related families. In zoological no- 

 menclature, the name of a family is 

 taken from a typical genus, the name 

 of which is modified by the termina- 

 tion id(B, as Falconidce, Columhidce, etc. 

 [Subfamilies by the termination ina.) 



Fascia, n. A band or broad bar of color. 

 Fasciated, a. Banded or broadly 



barred. 

 Fascicle, n. A bundle. 

 Fascicled, / -^ ,, , 

 Fasciculate, p" bundled. 

 Fastigiate, a. Bundled together like 



a sheaf. 



Femoral, a. Pertaining to the thigh 

 proper, or the inner segment of the 

 leg. (To be carefully distinguished 

 from tibial, which refers to the so- 

 called "thigh," or middle segment of 

 the leg.) 



Femur, n. The thigh; the thigh bone. 



Feral, a. Wild, or undomesticatetl. 

 The wild Jungle Fowl [Gallus ferru- 

 gineus) is the feral stock of the do- 

 mestic fowl. 



FiBRiLLA. n. A small fiber. 



Filament, n. A slender or thread-like 

 fiber. 



Thread-like. 



Filamentous, ) 



Filiform, f "• 



Filoplumaceous, a. Having the struc- 

 ture of a filoplume. 



FiLOPLUME, n. A thread-like feather. 



Fimbriated, a. Fringed. 



FissiPALMATE, a. With half-v/ebbed 

 feet, the free portion of the toes lobed, 

 as a Grebe's foot. 



Fissiped, a. Having cleft toes. (Oppo- 

 site of palmiped.) 



FissiRosTRAL, a. Having the mouth 

 cleft far back of the base of the bill, 

 as in the Goatsuckers, Swifts, etc.; 

 pertaining to the Fissirostres. 



FissiROSTRES, n. An obsolete name of 

 an artificial group of birds with deeply- 

 cleft mouths, including the Goatsuck- 

 ers, Swifts, and other "fissirostral" 

 families. 



Flanks, n. In descriptive ornithology, 

 the most posterior feathers of the 

 sides. 



Flocculent, a. In descriptive orni- 

 thology, pertaining to the down of 

 newly-hatched or unfledged young 

 birds. 



Floccus, n. The down peculiar to un- 

 fledged or newly-hatched young birds; 

 in ptilopmdic birds, it covers the gen- 

 eral surface and is unconnected with 

 the future plumage, while mpsilopa'dic 

 birds it sprouts only from the unde- 

 veloped feathers, to the tips of which 

 it is often seen clinging when the 

 latter are considerably grown. 



Fluviatile, a. Pertaining to rivers. 



