GLOSSARY. 

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HALLUX The hind toe. 



IMBRICATED. Fixed shingle-wise ; overlapping. 

 INTERSCAPULAR. Between the shoulders. 



JUGULUM. Lower throat. 



LAMELLA. A thin plate or scale such as are seen inside a duck's bill. 



LANCEOLATE. Shaped like the head of a lance. 



LARYNX. Adam's apple ; a hollow cartilaginous organ; a modification of 



the windpipe. 

 LOBE. Membraneous flap chiefly on the toes. 

 LORE. Space between the eye and the bill. 



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MAXILLAR. Pertaining to the upper jaw. 



MELANISM. State of coloration arising from excess of dark pigment ; a 



frequent condition of Hawks. 

 MEMBRANE. Soft skinny covering of the bill of some birds. 



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NUCHA. The upper part of the hind neck next the hind head 



O 



OSCINES. A group of singing birds. 

 OCCIPUT. The hind head. 



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PALMATE. Web-footed. 



PARASITIC. Habitually making use of other birds nests. 

 PECTINATE. Having tooth-like projections like those of a comb. 

 PECTORAL. Pertaining to the breast. 

 PLUMBEOUS. Lead color. 



PRIMARIES. The large, stiff quills growing on the first bone of the wing : 

 usually nine or ten, sometimes eleven in number. 



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REMIGES. Quills of the wing 

 RETRICES. Quills of the tail. 

 RICTUS. Gape of the mouth. 



