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GLOSSARY. 



Epipleu'ra, n. An obliquely backward bony 

 process of a vertebral rib. 



Etithe'lium, n. SuperHcial layer of mucous 

 membrane. Sometimes also the thick tough 

 membrane lining the gizzard. 



Epithe'ma, n. Horny excrescence upon the bill. 



Epizo'on, n. An external parasite. 



Epizoot'ic, a. Parasitic among animals. 



Erec'tile, a. Suscejitible of being raised, as 

 a crest ; or capable of swelling and stiffening, 

 as a penis. 



Er'ythkism, n. A pai'ticular state of i)lumage 

 characterized by excess of red pigment ; it is 

 well shown in Scops asio and other owls. (Com- 

 pare albinism and 'melanism. ) 



Eth'moid, n. One of the cranial bones, in the 

 nasal region. 



Etyp'k.'AL, a. Of exceptional character. Tend- 

 ing away from a particular type. Opposed to 

 attypical. 



Eusta'chian {tube), a. for^i. The air-tube from 

 the fauces to the inner ear. 



Even (tail), a. Having all the feathers of erpial 

 length. Also called cauda. ccqualis or infcgra. 



Ex- {in composition). Out ; out of ; away from. 



ExcREs'CENCE, 11. Outgrowth, fleshy or cuta- 

 neous. 



Excre'ta, n. 2)1. Excrement, or other animal 

 refuse. 



Ex'cretory or Ex'cretive, a. Having power 

 or quality of excreting. Excreting diti'ers from 

 secreting, in that the substance resulting is 

 to be eliminated from the economy, not used ; 

 8. g. saliva is secreted ; iirea is excreted. 



Exoccip'ital, a. or n. One of the lateral ele- 

 ments of the occipital bone. 



Exog'enous, a. Produced by outgrowth. 



ExosTo'sis, n. Any morbid bony outgrowth or 

 enlargement. 



Exten'sor, 11. Generic name of muscles that 

 extend or straighten a limb or any of its seg- 

 ments. 



Exte'rior Toes. (126.) 



Extrem'ity, 11. Any limb, member ; equal to 

 membrum, artus. 



Ey'as, 11. An unfledged hawk. 



Eye'brow, «. (43.) See Supercilium. 



Ey'ry' or Ey'rie, n. Nest of a bird of prey. 



Fabel'la, n. A certain sesamoid bone. 



Fa'cet, 11. Smooth, flattened articulating sur- 

 face. 



Fa'cial, a. Pertaining to the face. 



Fa'cies, n. Face ; whole front of head, ex- 

 cepting the bill. ' 



F^'cAL, (/. Pertaining to excrement ; excre- 

 mentitious. 



F^VcES, n. ]il. Excrement ; dung. 



Fal'cate, ) ^_ sickie-shaped'; scythe-shaped. 



Bundled. 



Fal'ciform, 



Fal'conine, a. Like a hawk ; belonging to the 



Falconidre. 

 False Wing. (79.) See Alula. 

 Falx Cerebri, n. A certain fold of the dura 



mater. 

 Family, n. Systematic group of the grade 



between order and genus, generally distin- 



guished or denoted by the termination -idoe, 

 as Falcon-idcc. 

 Fas'cia, n. Broad band of color. Also, equiva- 

 lent to Aponeurosis (which see). 

 Fas'ciated, a. Broadly banded with color. 

 Fas'cicle, 11. Bundle. 

 Fas'cicled, 

 Fascic'ulate, 



Fastig'iate, a. Bundled together into conical 

 shape, or with enlarged head, like a wheat- 

 sheaf. 



Fau'ces, 11. The jaws, internally ; back of the 

 mouth. Compare Pharynx. 



Feather, n. (1 ; 143.) See Plum a, Penna. 

 Any one of the objects which collectively con- 

 stitute the peculiar covering of birds. 



Fec'ulent, a. Excrementitious. 



Fecun'dated, a. Impregnated ; made fruit- 

 ful ; said of the germ of an egg which has re- 

 ceived the male element. 



Fecunda'tion, ?!. Impregnation; the usual 

 consequence of the completed joint act of the 

 ovarian and spermatic organs. 



Fecun'dity', 11. Fruitfulness. 



Fem'oral, a. Pertaining to the thigh, or part 

 of leg from hip to knee. 



Fe'mur, n. Thigh-bone. Also used synonym- 

 ously with thigh. (97.) 



Fenes'trate, a. Furnished with openings 

 {h-om fenestra, a window). 



Fe'ral, a. Wild ; not tamed. Opposed to 

 domestic. The mallard is the feral stock of 

 the tame duck. 



Ferrugin'eous or Ferru'ginous, a. Rusty- 

 red. 



Fe'tus or Fce'tus, n. Unborn young. (But the 

 unhatched young of birds are oftener called 

 embryos.) 



Fibril'la, n. ; pi. fibrillce. Little fibre. 



Fib'rin, a,. Certain animal substance of fibrous 

 composition, found in the blood and else- 

 where. 



Fi'bro-car'tilage, n. A kind of cartilage of 

 iibrous structure, such as that between verte- 

 briE and many other joints. 



Fib'ula, 11. Smaller outer leg-bone, lying along- 

 side the tibia. 



Fil'ament, n. Thread or slender fibre. 



Filament'ous, \ a. Thicadlike ; composed of 



Fil'iform, \ filaments; oftener, very nar- 



rowljr linear. 



Filopluma'ceous, a. Having the structure of 

 a filoiilume. 



Fil'o plume, n. Thread-like or hair-like feath- 

 er ; one with slender .scape, and without web 

 in most or all of its length. 



Fim'briated, a. Fringed. 



Fissipal'mate, a. Lobiped and semipalmate, 

 as a grebe's foot is. 



Fis'siped, a. Having cleft toes. Opposed to 

 palmiped. 



Fissiros'tral, a. Having the bill cleft far be- 

 yond the base of its horny part. 



Fissiros'tres, 11. An obsolete order of cleft- 

 billed birds. 



Flam'mulated, a. Pervaded with reddish color. 



Flank, n. Hinder part of side of trunk. (C7. ) 



Flap, n. See Loma. 



Flex'ion, 11. Bending (of a limb). Opposed to 

 extension. 



