GLOSSARY. 



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<loRGET, n. An onianientcd throat 

 patch, distinguishwl by color or text- 

 ure of feathers, as the gorget of a 

 Hummingbird. 

 Gradient, a. Walking or running bj- 

 steps. ( Same as ambulatory, h u t 

 preferable to that term.) 



' a. A graduated tail has 

 the middle feathers 

 longest, the rest suc- 

 cessively shorter; the 

 difference in length 

 not so great, however, 

 as in a cuneate tail. 

 n. An arbitrary and 

 artificial group 



■Graduated, 

 Graduate, 



Geallatores, 

 ■Grallatorle, 



Granular, 

 Granulate, 



•Greater 

 Coverts, 



-Greater 

 Wing 

 Coverts, 



Guttate, 

 guttiform, 



of the older classi 

 fications. including 

 the wading birds. 

 Grallatorial, a. Wading; pertain- 

 ing to the wading birds, or Gralr 

 latores. 

 •Graminivorous, a. Grass eating. 



(Geese are graminivorous.) 

 Granivorous, a. Seed eating, like cer- 

 tain Finches. 



a. With a roughened 

 surface, like coarse 

 sand paper. 



{ n. The most posterior 

 series of wing coverts, 

 or those which imme- 

 diately overlay the base 

 of the secondaries; 

 hence, often and very 

 appropriately called 

 secoadary coverts. 

 GuLA, n. The throat. 

 GuLAB, a. Pertaining to the throat. 



Drop shaped or tear 

 shaped; having drop 

 or tear-shaped spots. 

 Gymnop^dic, a. Naked at birth. 



(Synonymous with ptilopwdic.) 

 GTMORniNAL, a. Having naked or un- 

 feathered nostrils. 



H. 



Habitat, n. The region or locality in- 

 habited by a species. 



Habitus, n. Mode of life. 



Hackle, n. A long lanceolate or fal- 

 cate feather adorning the neck of the 

 domestic cock. ( Used chiefly in the 

 plural, or in combination with neck, 

 as neck hackles.) 



Hallucal, a. Pertaining to the hallux 

 or hind toe. 



Hallux, «. In birds possessing four 

 toes, the hinder one is the hallux, no 

 known birds having four toes directly 

 forwards. In some birds, as certain 

 Plovers.the Bustards, the Struthiones, 

 etc., the hallux or hind toe is wanting. 

 In three-toed birds having two in 

 front and one behind, the hallux is 

 usually the one wanting, the hind toe 

 being in reality the fourth (or outer) 

 toe reversed. When the toes are in 

 pairs (two before and two behind), 

 the hallux is usually the inner of the 

 hinder pair, the exception being in 

 the Trogons. The hallux reaches its 

 best development in the Panseres, the 

 Accipitres, Striges and liallidw, but 

 more especially in the first, in which 

 it is usually as strong, if not stronger, 

 than the largest of the anterior toes. 



Hamulate, a. Furnished with a small 

 hook. 



Hamulus, n, A small hook; sometimes 

 applied to the barbules or barbials of 

 a feather, when hook shaped. 



Hand Quills, 7i. The primary quills 

 or primaries. 



Hastate, a. Shaped like a spear head. 



Heel, n. The upper posterior extrem- 

 ity of the tarsus. 



Helmet, n. A naked shield or protub- 

 erance on the top or fore part of the 

 head. 



Herodiones, n. A natural group of al- 

 tricial waders, embracing the Storks, 

 Wood Ibises, true Ibises, Spoonbills, 

 Boatbills and Herods. 



Herodionixe, a. Pertaining to or par- 

 taking of the charaet,er of Herodiones. 



Herring Bone (markings). 7i. A series 

 of transverse lines or bars connected 

 along the middle of a feather by a 

 longitudinal stripe or line of the same 

 color. 



Heterodacttl^, n. The name of a 

 natural group of birds, including only 

 the Trogons. 



Hexagon, n. A figure of six sides. 



Hexagonal, a. Having six sides. 



Hind Toe. n. The posterior toe or hal- 

 lux, which see. 



Hirsute, a. Hairy or shaggy, as the 

 foot of a Grouse. 



Histology, n. Minute anatomy. 



HoLORuiNAL, a. Having the posterior 

 border of the osseous nares rounded. 

 (See schizorJdnal.) 



