on the Topography of a Bird.



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Breast


Cere


Cervix


Cheek


Chest


Chin


Crissum


Crown


Cubitals


Dactvlotlieca


Dertrnm


Dorsal


Ear-coverts


Eleutherodactyle

Flank-feathers ..


Forehead


Foreneck


Gonys


Hackles


Heterodactyle


Hindueck


Hypopteron


Interscapulars .


Iris


Jugulum


Lores


Mandible


Mantle


Maxilla


Mentum


Mesorhinum


Nape


Nares


Notaeum


Occiput


Oil-gland



the region of the body covering the sternum,

the soft, often brightly coloured skin at the base of

the beak (Accipitres).

the neck.


the side of the face below the eye and ear coverts,

applied to the region immediately in front of the

breast.


the inter-ramal region.


the region around the “ anus,” sometimes applied to

the under tail coverts,

see vertex.


generally and better known as secondaries,

the horny sheath of the toes.


the tip of the upper jaw when distinct from the base

(Plovers).


pertaining to the back.


the elongated feathers covering the aperture of the

ear.


having all the toes free.


the elongated feathers of the sides covering the wings

when at rest.


the region between the base of the beak and the crown,

the region between the jugulum and the “chest.”

the fused edges of the lower jaw, corresponding to

the culmeu.


elongated neck feathers (Gallus, Nicobar Pigeon),

the outer toe reversible.


the back of the neck from nape to interscapular region,

see axillary feathers.


the feathers lying between the scapulars,

the coloured portion of the eye.

throat.


the space between the bill and the eyes.


the lower jaw.


interscapulars.


a term commonly applied to the upper jaw.

the chin, the space between the lower jaws (inter-

ramal space).


the culmen of the beak between the nostrils,

the base of the skull where it joins the neck,

the external nostrils.


the back from the base of the neck to the tail,

the back of the head, immediately above the nape,

the gland at the root of the tail.



