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GLOSSARY. 



riuma, 1, 143. 



Plumage. The contiiifr of featlKTs. 



Phtmbious. Tlie color of t;irnislied lead. 



Potlnthriim, 100. 



Podium, 112. 



Podotlicca, 101. 



Pogonium, 147. 



Poli/i/oii. A continuous figui-o of many sitlcs 

 and angles. 



Posterior. The hinder, or most backward. 



Posterior portion, 8. 



Posterior toes, 125. 



Prehensile. Capable of taking liold of an olyect, 

 or of grasping it. 



Primdrij coveriti, 86. 



Primitri/ e/ntlls, 75. 



Prolrcu-lile. Capalilc of being nio\ed, or extend- 

 ed forward, as the tongue of a bird. 



Pterna, 115. 



Pteromiila, 89. 



Pliki, 86. 



Ptitusis, 3. 



Q. 



Qnadrnnrjuhr. Four-sided. 



Quadrate. Squared, with four equal sides and 

 angles. 



Q'lills, 2, 75, 76, 145. 



Q'tills. The large, stilf feathers of the wing, in- 

 serted in its posterior edge. 



R. 



Rhampothmi, 12. 



liectrices, 70. 



Recurved. Bent gradually upwards. 



Reflection. A play of color on a suifacc, gener- 

 ally differing with the direction of vision. 



Remiges, 75, 76. 



Reticulated. Lines uniting into meshes, as in a 

 net. 



Retractile. Capable of licing drawn back and 

 driven forward, as the claw of a hawk. 



Rhachia, 146. 



Rhinotheca, 13. 



Rhizomjcliiuni, 122. 



Rictus. The gape of t)ic month. 



Ridije, 20. 



Rounded (tail). The central feathers the long- 

 er, the other diminishing regularly and gradu- 

 ally, but slightly to the cxtcrioi". A tail is 

 sometimes emarginated in the centre, and 

 rounded at the sides. 



Rudimentari/. Reduced from the usual condition 



to a very small size, as the first quill of many 

 birds, etc. 

 Rump, 60. 



s. 



Sagittate. An elongated cordate fignre, with 

 the lobes acutely ]iointed, not rounded or 

 shaped like the head or barb of an arrow. 



Scapnln. The shoulder-blade. 



Scapular. Pertaining to the region of the shoul- 

 der-blade. 



Scapulars, 80. 



Scapus, 144. 



Scissor-shaped (tail). The outer tail foiuher con- 

 siderably the longer, the others diminishing 

 regularly to the central. 



Scolloped, 137. 



Scutella, 109. 



Scutelhc. The small plates, (u- scales, on the 

 leg. 



Scutellale. Provided with seutella;. 



Scutellate tarsus, 110. 



Secondari/ coverts, 89. 



Seco7Klan/ quills, 76. 



Semipalmate. Wlion a membrane connects the 

 middle too to the lateral, for the basal half 

 only. 



Settc. Bristles. 



Shaft, 146. 



Shin, 98. 



Shoulders, 68. 



Sidc-necl-, 54. 



Side of tarsus, 105. 



Sides of toes, 119. 



Serrated. Marked or shaped like the teeth of a 

 saw. 



Sinciput, 32. 



Sole, 106. 



Soles of toes, 118. 



Spatulate (feather). When the shaft is naked, 

 or narrowed for a certain distance, and is 

 then webbed or widened at the end. 



Speculum, 82. 



Spur, 108. 



Spurious (quill). A quill reduced to a very 

 small size. 



Stegani, 141 . 



Steqanopus, 141. 



Stethiteuni, 7. 



Stem, 144. 



Strai/ulum, 61 . 



Streak. A short longitudinal mark, or one 

 nearly in the direction of the line of the body. 



