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GLOSSARY. 



birds, further distinguished by being born 

 weak and helpless, fed and reared in the nest. 

 The term gymnopaides is synonjanous. 



Psilop^'dic, a. Having down growing only 

 from the future pterylse, as the precursor of 

 the future plumage, to which it is subsequently 

 affixed for a while and then falls off. 



Pso'as, n. Name of certain pelvic muscles. 



Pterapoph'ysi.s, n. Certain process of cranial 

 bones. 



Ptef..'na, n. Heel -pad. (115.) 



Pteko'mata, n. pi. (This word is of uncertain 

 meaning.) (89 ?) 



Pter'ygoid (bone), n. A slender bone connect- 

 ing the quadrate with the palatine. 



Pter'yla, 01. ; pi. pte7-i/la;. Area or to'ad on 

 the skin where feathers grow. 



Pterylog'raphy, n. A description of the 

 plumage, especially with reference to the dis- 

 tribution of the feathers on the skin. 



Pterylo'sis, n. Plumage, considered with 

 reference to its distribution on the skin. 



Pti'la, 11. (This word is of uncertain mean- 

 ing.) (86?) 



Ptilop^'des, n. pi. Ptiloptedic birds. Such 

 are generally able to run about at birth, or 

 at least to feed themselves. Dasypcedes is 

 synonymous. 



Ptilop.e'dic, a. Clothed at birth with floccus, 

 which sprouts not only from the future ptery- 

 liE, but also from aj^teria. 



Ptilo'sis, n. Plumage. (3.) 



Pu'bic, «. Pertaining to the pubis. 



Pu'bis, n. The most anterior bone of the pel- 

 vis. In birds the ossa pubis or pabes are 

 separate, there being no pubic symphysis, and 

 directed more or less backward. 



Pul'lus, n. A chick ; young bird, before its 

 first complete plumage. 



Pul'monary, a. Pertaining to the lungs ; re- 

 lating to respiration. 



Pul'sus, Pulse, n. Beating of the arteries. 



Punc'tate, a. Dotted ; pitted; studded with 

 points. 



Punc'ti'M Sa'liens, n. First trace of the em- 

 bryonic heart. 



Pupil'la, n. Central black disc circumscribed 

 by the iris ; the pupil (a hole, not a substance). 



Pupil'lary, a. Pertaining to the pupil. 



Pygop'odes, n. pi. A group of birds distin- 

 guished by the far backward position, and 

 deep burial, in conmion integument, of the legs. 



Pygop'odous, a. Belonging to Pijgojwdes, or 

 having the character of that group. 



Py'gostyle, n. Last coccygeal vertebra, of 

 peculiar size and shape in recent birds ; also 

 called the vomeo: 



Pylor'ic, a. Pertaining to the pylorus. 



Pylo'rus, Ji. Opening from gizzard into duo- 

 denum ; especially, valve guarding this orifice. 



Pyr'iform, a. Pear-shaped. 



Q. 



Qitadran'gular, a. Four-edged or four-angled. 



Quad'rate, a. Squared. 



Quad'rate Bone, n. See Os Quadratum. A 

 peculiarly shaped bone interposed between 

 the lower jaw and the rest of the skull. 



Qitadrilat'ekal, a. Four-sided. 



Quadriloc'ular, a. Four-chambered, as the 

 heart of higher vertebrates is. 



Quar'ry, n. Prey of raptorial birds. 



Quill, n. See Penna. (2, 7.5, 76, 145.) 



Qui'nary, a. Noting a certain absurd system 

 of classification which presumes that there 

 are fvc tj'pes, or sets of objects, in every nat- 

 ural group. 



Quin'cunx, 71. Set of five, arranged thus, *•* 



R. 



Ra'dial, a. Pertaining to the radius. 

 Ra'dii, n. pi. Barbs of a main feather. 

 Ra'dii Accesso'rii, n. pi. Barbs of the sup- 

 plementary feather. 

 Radio'li, n. pi. Barbules (which see). 

 Radio'li Accesso'rii, n. jil. Barbules of the 



supplementary feather, aftershaft or hypop- 



tilum. 

 Ra'dius, n. Outer bone of forearm. 

 Ra'mus, ii'.; pi. rami. Branch or fork. Gna- 



thidea. 

 Raph'e, n. Line of separation of two parts of 



an organ when prominent or otherwise dis-" 



tinguished. 

 Rapto'rial, a. Pertaining to birds of pre}'. 

 Rati'i^e, n. pi. Birds witb flat sternum, as 



ostriches, emus or cassowaries, and the ap- 



teryx. 

 Rau'cous, a. Hoarse-voiced. 

 Rec'trix, n. ; pi. redriccs. Quills of the tail. 



(70.) (The singular is little used.) 

 Rec'tum, 71. Lower straight gut. 

 Rec'tus, a. Name of certain muscles. 

 Recurved', a. Bent regularly and gradually 



upward. 

 Reflect'ed, a. Turned backward. 

 Reflec'tion, n. Play of color changing in 



different lights. 

 Reg'imen, n. Diet. 

 Re'gio, Re'gion, n. Portion of the body in 



any way distinguished ; dorsal region; cervical 



region. 

 Re'.mex, n. ; pi. remiges. Quill of the wing. 



(75, 76.) (Little used in the singular.) 

 Re'nal, a. Pertaining to the kidneys. 

 Re'te, n. Same a,B ptlcxus. 

 Retic'ulate, a. Marked with network of 



lines. 

 Reticula'tion, n. Network ; mosaic. 

 Ret'ina, n. Expansion of the optic nerve 



within the eye, upon which images of ob- 

 jects are impressed. 

 Retuac'tile, a. Susceptible of being drawn 



back and driven forward as a hawk's claw. 

 Retrorse', a. Directed backward. 

 Rhach'is, n. ; pi. rhachides. Scapus exclusive 



of calamus ; shaft of a feather, bearing the 



webs, without the hollow horny barrel. 



(146.) Also, the spinal column. 

 Rhamphothe'ca, n. ' Covering of the whole 



bill. (12.) 

 Rhi'nal, a. Pertaining to the nose. 

 Rhinenceph'alon, 11. Foremost tract of the 



brain, the fourth from behind. 

 Rhixothe'ca, 11. Covering of the upper man- 

 dible. (13.) 



