GLOSSARY. 



.EaiTHOGXATHOUS. — The skull having the maxillo-palatine processes 



separated by a cleft, and the vomer truncated in front, narrow 



behind. Examples, perching birds. 

 .After Shaft. — Supplementary shaft of feather (long in Emu) 

 Anisodactyl — Unequal toed. 

 Auricular. — Pertaining to the ear. 

 Axilla. — Arm-pit. 



Bastard Wing. — Group of short, stiff feathers growing on pollex or thumb. 

 Bifid. — Two clefr,. 

 C-12CUM. — Part of intestine. 

 Callosity. — Hardened part. 

 Casque — Helmet. 



C'ere. — Membrane at base of upper mandible. 

 Cxemial. — Pertaining to the tibia. 

 Commissure. — Corner of mouth ; frequently applied to whole line of 



closure of the bill. 

 Contour Feathers. — Body feathers. 

 Coriaceous. — Leathery. 

 Corvine. — Crow-like. 



CuLMEN. — Highest middle lengthwise line of upper mindible. 

 CULMINICORN. — Horny covering to culmen. 

 CuNEATE. — Wedge shape. 

 Cutaneous. — Skin like 

 Uertbum.— Swollen tip of bill. 

 Desmognathoi;s. — The skull having the maxillo-palatine processes united 



to form a bony i-oof to the palate ; the vomer truncated in front, 



small or obsolete. Example, duck. 

 Emarginated. — Notched. 

 Epignathous. — Hook-hilled. 

 Femur. — Bone above tibio-tarsus. 

 Fossa. — Groove. 

 Furcate. — Forked. 



FuRCULA. — " Wishing bone " of breast. 

 Gape. — Line of commissure of mandible. 

 Gibbous. — Swollen. 

 GoNYS (Genys). — Under middle line of lower mandible from junction of 



prongs to tip. 

 Gorget. — Metallic throat- plate. 

 GuLAR. — Pertaining to region of middle throat. 

 Hallux. — Hind toe. 

 HoLORHiNAL. — Nasal bone unsplit. 

 Interramal — In fork of lower jaw. 

 I.sterscapulum. — Between shoulders. 

 Lamellae. — Thin plates. 

 Lanceolate. — Tapering. 

 Latericorn. --Horny side plate of bill. 



