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Mr. W. P. Pycraft,



Operculum


Pallium


Pamprodactyle


Paranotum


Parapteron


Pileus


Planta


Podarthrum


Podium


Podotheca


Pollex


Primaries


Pterna


Pycuaspidean


Rectrices


Remiges


Rhampliotheca


Rhizonychium


Rictus


Rostrum


Scapulars



Secondaries


Speculum


Syudactyle


Tarso-metatarsus


Tarsus


Taxaspidean


Tergum


Tibia


Tomium .


Tylari


Uropygium



the horny shield covering the nostrils.


(see Mantle).


all the toes turned forwards (Swifts),

the side of the sheath of the upper jaw.

the long feathers of the upper surface of the wing

and lying between the scapulars and secondaries,

the upper part of the head.


the hinder portion of the sheath (podotheca) covering

the tarso-metatarsus.


the junction of the toes with the tarso-metatarsus.

the toes taken together.


the horny sheath covering the lower portion of the

legs and toes.


the thumb, bears the ala-spurea or bastard wing,

the large quill-feathers of the hand,

the end of the tarso-metatarsus from which the toes

extend.


having the planta encased in small round scales,

the tail-feathers.


the large flight feathers of the wing.


the horny sheath of the beak.


the last joint of the toe bearing the claw.


the region around the gape.


the beak.


the long stiff feathers borne on the humerus, cover¬

ing the wing when closed. They have nothing

to do with the shoulder blade as the name implies,

the quill feathers or remiges of the fore-arm.

the lightly coloured patch across the folded secondaries

in ducks.


having the three front toes bound together (King¬

fishers),

see tarsus.


the scale-covered portion of the foot of a bird, com¬

monly called the “leg.”


correctly, the tarso-metatarsus, having the pla?ita en¬

cased in a regular series of scales,

the lower portion of the back, above the pelvis,

the tibio-tarsus, the segment of the hind limb imme¬

diately above the tarso-metatarsus.

the cutting edge of the beak.


the bulbous swellings on the under surface of the

toes in Accipitres.

see oil gland.



