376 GLOSSARY. 



Sub (in composition) — Loss than ; somewhat ; not quite ; under, 

 etc. 



Suffmgo — Heel joint; tibio — tarsal joint. 



Sub-caudal — Under the tail. 



Sub-opercle — The bone immediately below the opercle. 



Sub-orbital — Below the eye. 



Subulate — Awl-shaped. 



Superciliary — Pertaining to the region of the eyebrow. 



Supra-orbital^-KbovG the qjc. 



Syndactyle — Having two toes immovably united for some distance 

 — as in the Kingiisher. 



Synonym — A different word having the same or a similar meaning. 



Tail — In mannnals, the vertebrne, etc., posterior to the sacrum ; in 

 birds, the tail-feathers or rectrices, taken collectively ; in ser- 

 pents, the part of the body ]iosterior to the vent ; in fishes 

 (usually), the part of the body posterior to the anal fin. 

 (Everywhere used more or less vaguely.) 



Tail Coverts — The small feathers overlapping the bases of the 

 rectrices. 



Tarso-metatarsus — The correct name for the so-called tarsus of 

 birds; the bone reaching from the tibia to the toes, composed 

 chiefly of the metatarsus, but having at its top one of the" 

 small tarsal bones confluent with it. 



Tarsus — The ankle-bones collectively ; in birds, commonly used 

 for the shank-bone, lying between the tibia and the toes, the 

 tarso-7netatarsus. 



Tectrices — The wing and tail coverts. 



Temporal — Pertaining to the region of the temples. 



Tenuirostral — Slender-billed. 



Terete — Cylindrical and tapering. 



Terminal — At the end. 



Tertials — The quills attached to the humerus. 



Tessellated — Marked with little checks or squares, like mosaic 

 work. 



Thoracic — Pertaining to the chest ; ventral fins are thoracic wnen 

 attached immediately below the pectorals, as in the perch. 



Tibia — Shin-bone; inner bone of leg between knee and heel. 



Tomium — Cutting edge of the bill. 



Totipalmate — Having all four toes connected by webbing. 



Tragus — The inner lobe of the ear; tlie lobe opposite the auricle. 



