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GLOSSARY. 



Se'nile, a. Aged ; pertaining to old age. 



Sense, n. Faculty -of apprehending external 

 impressions ; as, sense of sight, hearing. 



Sen'sory, a. Relating to the senses. 



Sep'tum, n. A partition. Same as Dissepi- 

 ment. 



Se'rous, a. Thin, watery (of fluids). 



Ser'rate, a. Toothed, like a saw. 



Serra'tus, a. for n. A muscle of the trunk. 



Se'rum, 7t. Watery portion of animal fluids, 

 especially of the blood. 



Ses'amoid {bo7ie), n. A small rotund bone sit- 

 uate in the substance of a tendon about a 

 joint. 



Ses'sile, a. Seated ; i. e. without a stem or 

 peduncle. 



Seta'ceous, a. Bristly ; bristled. 



Se't^, n. pi. Bristles. 



Se'tiform, a. Bristle-like. 



Sex'ual, a. Pertaining to sex. 



Sex'us, n. Sex. 



Shaft, n. (146.) 



Shank, n. Properly, the shin or tibial segment 

 of the leg. In case of birds oftener used, but 

 incorrectly, for the tarsus (tarso-metatarsus). 



Shin, n. (98.) 



Shoulder, n. (68.) 



Sib'ilant, a. Hissing. 



Side-neck, n. (64.) 



Side of Tarsus, ?i. (105.) 



Side of Toes, n. (119.) 



Sig'moid, a. S-shaped. Several parts are so 

 called. 



Sign, ) n. Any character or other arbitrary 



Sig'num, ) abbreviation of a word or term. 

 Prominent among those used in ornithology 

 are : J', male ; 9> female; 0> j^v. young, 

 juvenis; ad., adidt ;\\oi'\iot., hornotine; pull., 

 2)iiUus, chick; sen. or sr., senior, scnex, old; 

 pt., plumage; nupt. temp., iii the breeding 

 season; sest., summer; hyem., winter; vern., 

 spring; aut., autumnal; mus., museum; coll., 

 collection, cabinet; syn., synonym; ==, equal 

 to ; ^, more than ; <^, less than ; + , plus ; 

 X , in a different sense ; v. , vide, sec ; cf. , con- 

 fer, consult ; i. e. or h. e., that is ; 1. c, loco 

 citato, in the place just cited; op. cit., the work 

 cited; h. 1., hoc loco, here ; auct., auctt., a:u- 

 thor, authors ; script. , writer ; p. , page ; vol. 

 or t., volume, tome ; pi. or tb., plate, tabula ; 

 f., or fig., figure ; infra, beloui (reference) ; 

 supra, above; qu., query; ?, query; !, cer- 

 tainty, from autopsy ; err. , error ; corr. , cor- 

 rigenda ; add. , addenda ; descr. , description ; 

 id., the same (person) ; ib. or ibid., there (in 

 the same place); quid? what (may it be)? 

 sc, scilia't, to wit; viz., videlicet, namely; 

 excl., excl'Uftive of; n., nova, novum, new; 

 v&v., variety ; s\)., species ; gen., gemis ; fam., 

 family; ord., order ; n. sp., n. g., new species, 

 genus. Aiithors' names are constantly abbre- 

 viated, with the first one, two, or thi'ee, or 

 other most characteristic letters. 



SiNcip'iTAL, a. Pertaining to the sinciput. 



Sin'ciput, n. Anterior half of pileus, from 

 bill to vertex. (32.) 



Sinis'trad, a. Toward the left. 



Sinistral, a. On the left side. 



Si'nus, n. Name of numerous and various 

 cavities of the body. 



Skel'eton, 71. Sum of the bones of a body. 

 It generally means only the endoskeleton 

 proper, or internal bony framework of the 

 body, as distinguished from exoskeleton or 

 dermoskeleton. 



Sole, n. (106.) 



Soles of Toes, n. (118.) 



So'leus, n. A muscle of the leg. 



Spat'ulate, a. Spoon-shaped ; contracted near 

 the end, where enlarged. 



Spe'cies, n. Aggregate of individuals related 

 by genetic succession without notable change 

 of physical characters. 



Specif'ic, ft. Of, or relating to, a species ; as, 

 specific name, specific character. 



Spec'ulum, n. Mirror ; brightly colored area 

 on the secondaries, especially of ducks. 



Sperm, n. The secretion of the testicles ; same 

 as semen. 



Spermat'ic, a. Pertaining to semen, or to the 

 organs concerned in its production and emis- 

 sion. 



Spermatozo'a, n. pi. Essence of the male 

 seed. 



Sphe'noid (bo7ie), n. A compound bone of 

 the skull, constituting much of the second 

 cranial segment. 



Sphenoid' AL, n. Relating to the sphenoid. 



Sphinc'ter, n. An annular muscle constrict- 

 ing or closing a natural orifice ; especially, 

 sjjhincter ani. 



Spi'nal, ft. Relating to the backbone. 



Spina' LIS, a. for n. Name of a certain muscle 

 of the back. 



Spine, n. Backbone. Also, any sharp project- 

 ing point of bone or horn. 



Spinose' or Spi'nous, a. Sometimes said of a 

 mucronate feather. 



Splanch'nic, ft. Viscerah 



Splanchnol'ogy, n. Science or study of the 

 viscera. 



Spleen, n. A deep red, soft, spongy, ductless 

 and extremely vascular, abdominal organ of 

 uncertain function. 



Sple'nial, a. Name of a certain element of 

 the mandible. 



Sple'nius, a. for n. A certain cervical muscle. 



Spur, n. (108.) 



Spu'rious, ft. False ; bastard ; imperfect ; ru- 

 dimentary. 



Spu'rious Quill, n. The first primary, when 

 rudimentary or very short. 



Spu'rious Wing, n. Feathers growing on the 

 so-called thumb of birds. 



Squam'ous, ft. Scaly. 



Sta'pes, n. One of the auditory ossicles ; the 

 stirrup-bone, becoming the columella in Sau- 

 ropsida. 



Steganop'odous, ft. Having all four toes full- 

 webbed. (141.) 



Stel'late, ft.. Starred. 



Stem, n. (144.) See Scapus. 



Ster'ile, a. Unfruitful ; infecund ; barren ; 

 noting the condition of the female correspond- 

 ing to impotence of the male. 



Ster'nal, ft. Relating to the breast-bone. 



Ster'num, n. Breast-bone. 



Stethi.e'um, n. Entire anterior half of a bird. 

 (7.) (Little used.) 



Stig'ma, n. See Calyx. 



