DIAGRAM OF A BIRD, to illustrate the terminology of the plumage and limbs. 



1. Forehead. 



2. Crown. 



3. Nape or occiput. 



4. Lores (space in front of eye). 



5. Supercilium. 



6. Cheeks. 



7. Ear-coverts. 



8. Upper mandible or maxilla. 



9. Lower mandible. 



10. Culmen or upper profile of maxilla. 



11. Commissure or line of junction of 



the two mandibles. 



12. Eictal bristles or vibrissffi. 



13. Chin. 



14. Throat. 



15. Breast. 



16. Abdomen. 



17. Back. 



18. Rump. 



19. Scapulars. 



20. Primaries (the earlier or outer- 

 most 9 or 10 quills of the 

 wing). 



j ' 21. Outer secondaries (wing-quills 

 springing from the radius and 

 ulna). 

 22. Inner secondaries. 



i 23. Lesser wing-coverts. 



! 24. Median wing-coverts. 



I 25. Greater wing-coverts. 



i 26. Primary wing-coverts. 



i 27. Winglet or bastard-wing. 



[ 28. Upper tail-coverts. 



j 29. Tail-feathers or rectrices. 



30. Under tail-coverts. 



31. Tarsus. 



32. Hind toe or first toa or hallux. 



33. Inner or second toe. 



34. Middle or third toe. 



35. Outer or fourth toe. 



