GLOSSARY. 



CALCAREOUS. Chalky. 



CANTHUS. Corner of the eye where the lids meet. 



CAROTID. The principal l)lood vessel of the neck. 



CARPAI^ ANGLE. Prominence at the wrist joint when wing is closed. 



From this point to the end of the longest quill constitutes the " length 



of wing." 

 CERE. Fleshy covering of tlie ba^e of the bill. 

 CERVICAL. Pertaining to the hind neck. 

 CHIN. Space between the forks of the lower jaws. 

 CLAVICLE. Collar bone. 



COMMISSURE. Line where the two mandibles meet. 

 CRISSUM. Under tail-coverts. 

 CULMEN. Ridge of upper mandible. 

 CUNEATE. Wedge-shaped. A cuneatetail has the middle feathers longest. 



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DECIDUOUS. Temporary; falling early. 

 DEC0MP0S1:D. Separate; standing apart. 

 DENTIROSTRAL. Having the bill toothed or notched. 

 DIAGNOSTIC. Distinctively characteristic. 

 DORSAL. Pertaining to the back. 



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EMARGIN\TE. Notched at the end ; slightly forked. 

 ERYTHRISM. A peculiar reddish state of plumage. 



FALCATE. Sickle-shaped. 



FEMORAL. Pertaining to the thigh. 



FERRUGINOUS. Rusty-red. 



FISSIROSTRAL. Having the bill cleft far beyond the base of its horny 



part. 

 FORFICATE. Deeply forked. 

 FULIGINOUS. Sooty-brown. 

 FULVOUS. Of a brownish-yellow color. 

 FURCATE. Forked 

 FUSCOUS. Of a dark grayish-brown color. 



GIBBOUS. Swollen ; protuberant. 



GONYS. Keel or lower outline of the bill so far as united. 

 GRADUATED. Changing length at regular intervals. 

 GULAR. Pertaining to the upper fore neck. 

 GUTT.\TE Having drop-shaped spots. 



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