11 MEANING OF TERMS, 



Manbibul^.— The upper and lower parts of the bill. They are said 

 to be depressed when flattened horizontally ; compressed when 

 flattened at the sides ; cuneated when wedge-shaped, &o. &c. 



Maxilla. — Upper and lower mandibles. 



Mentum. — The fore-part of the gula, chin. 



!N'AEES.~The nostrils. 



iNtrcHA. — The anterior portion of neck, cervex. 



Okbits. — Bare spaces round the eyes. 



Opthalmico Eegio. — The part about the eye. 



Paeotico Regio. — The parb about the ears: the feathers over the 

 ears are also called ear-coverts and atiriculars. 



Pectus. — The breast. 



Pileus. — The entire top of head, including frons, vertex, and sinciput. 



E.ECTBICES. — Tail-feathers: the side-feathers are called laterales ; the 

 middle, intermedice. 



Eemigies. — Wing-feathers : divided into primarice, or large quill- 

 feathers ; secundarice, or secondary quill-feathers, attached to the 

 middle division of wing, corresponding to our fore-arm ; tertiarice, 

 or tertiary quills. 



ScAPULAEi^. — Feathers rising on shoulder-blades, and covering side 

 of back. 



Sinciput. — The back of the head. 



Taesus. — The lower joint of the leg next to the foot. 



Tecteices. — Wing and tail coverts : divided on the wings into 

 minores, the lesser, medice, the middle, and majores, the greater 

 wing-coverts ; and on the tail into superiores, upper, and 

 inferiores, lower coverts. 



Teegum. — The lower portion of the back. 



Tibia. — The shank : that part of the leg immediately above the tarsus. 



Ueopigium. — The rump : also applied to the upper tail-coverts. 



Ventee. — The belly. 



Vebtex. — The crown of the head. 



Vibrissa. — Hairs about the bills of certain birds, such as flycatchers, 

 goatsuckers, &c. 



