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GLOSSARY. 



Falcate. Shaped like a scj-the or sickle. 



False ifing, 79. 



Fastiyiate. Gathered up into a conical bunch 

 or head. 



Feathers, I, 143. 



Femur, 97. 



Fibrillce. Little fibres. 



Filiform. Thread-like. 



Flanks, 67. 



Flexura, 11. 



Flexure. The bend (of the wing). 



Fuot, 112. 



Foot-joint, 100. 



Forehead, 33. 



Fore-neck, 51. 



Forked (tail). The exterior feathers consider- 

 ably the longer ; tlic intermediate ones of 

 nearly the same length. When the central 

 feathers of a forked tail are longer than those 

 next to them, the tail becomes doithli/ forked. 



Fossa. A place hollowed out, as in that por- 

 tion of the bill in which the nostril is situ- 

 ated. 



Frim/e, 135. 



Frintjed toe, 134. 



Fro7is, 33. 



Frontal points, 36. 



Front of tarsus, 104. 



Fulcous. A brownish-yellow. 



Gape. Tlic opening of the mouth, 28. 



Gastraum, 6. 



Genie, 43. 



Genu, 102. 



Gnathidea, 24. 



Gnathotheea, 14. 



Gonijs, 22. 



Gorget. A crescent-shaped patch on the neck. 



Graduated. Diminishing or increasing regular- 

 ly, and rather rapidly in length. 



Graduated (tail). The central feathers longest, 

 the others diminisliing regularly and consid- 

 erably to the outermost one ; the outline of 

 end of tail forming a curve longer than broad. 



Greater coverts, 92. 



Gula, 52. 



Guttur, 51. 



riallui, 129. 

 Humerus, 68. 



H. 



Iland-ijnills, 75. 



Head, 9, 29. 



Heel, 107. 



Heel-joint, 103. 



Heel-pad, 115. 



Hexagonal. Six-sided and six-angled. 



Hind-neck, 43. 



Hind-toe, 129. 



Hoarij. A light silvery gray. 



Hooks of fathers, 148. 



Homotine. A bird of the brood of the same 



year. 

 Hypochondria, 67. 

 Hi/podacti/lum, 118. 



Incuhntion. The covering an Q^,^',^ by the parent 

 bird, in iuitching it. 



Incumbent. Bent downwards so that tlie ends 

 touch, or rest on something else. 



Incumbent toe, 131. 



Indumentum, 142. 



Inner toes, 127. 



Inner iveb, 148. 



Insistent toe, 130. 



Instep, 104 



Interior. Inner. 



Interior toes, 127. 



Interrupted. Not continnons, bnt broken up. 



Interscapular. Between the shoulder-blades. 



Interscapuhtm, 58. 



Immaculate. Without spots or marks ; of an 

 uniform color. 



Immature. Said of a bird which iias not as- 

 sumed it^ final color or shape. 



Isthmus. A neck, or narrow stripe, connecting 

 two larger portions of the same region or 

 color. 



.lugulum, 53. 



Keel, 22. 

 Knee, 102. 



J. 



K. 



L. 



Lamella. A little jdatc, as in the inside of the 



edge of a duck's bill. 

 lamellate. Provided with lamclhc. 

 lamina. A thin plate. 

 Lanceolate. Tapering rather in\rrowly towards 



either end, like a lance-head. 



