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Kv><('rtc(l, projecting beyond tlie rest. 



Exterior, upon the outside. 



F. 



Facial, ])ertaining to tlie face. 



Falcate, sharp and sythe-shaped. 



Fascici(f((te, covered with little bunches or tufts of fine and of- 

 ten stiff hairs or feathers. 



F((inia, the birds (or other animals) of any given region : (dis- 

 tinguished from the fora or plant life.) 



Feathers, true feathers have a xhaft (with an after-sJiaft) and a 

 vrh : feathers may also be doinii/, thread-like, hairy, or 

 hridli/, (or real iy/.s-^/rx). The so-called povder-doim of 

 some birds is really a kind of feather. 



Femvr, the thigh bone. 



Fibula, the outer leg bone. See Tibia. 



Filaiiiod.s, small thread-like growths. 



Fif<xirostre-'<, birds in which the bill is short and has a very 

 wide cleft or (jcjjc. (Swallow-like.) 



Flanks, the sides of the ruinp. 



Flaps, See Deu--laps, fleshy outgrowths. 



Flattened, made flat — longer than wide or wider than long — 

 given a flat surface anywhere [a word very common 

 yet very indefinite.] 



Flexible, bending easily. 



Forficate, deeply forked. 



Fossee, nasal, the grooves in which the nostrils open, often 

 called sulca' (when very long). 



Front((l re(/i(>Hs, the forehe-ad. 



Fidiginous, sooty or smoke colored, smoky-brown. 



Fulvous, a tawny yellow color, yellowish-brown. 



Fuscous, a darkish or blackish-brown color. 



Fused, two or more portions of anything firmly united. 



G. 



Gape, the line from the tip of bill to the angle of counnissui-e. 



Globular, round. 



Gonijs, the point where the r<{mi of the under mandible join, 



