376 GLOSSARY. 



Sub (in composition) Less than ; somewhat ; not quite ; under, 

 etc. 



Suffrage Heel joint; tibio tarsal joint. 



Sub-caudal Under the tail. 



Sub-opercleThe bone immediately below the opercle. 



Sub-orbital Below the eye. 



Subulate Awl-shaped. 



Superciliary Pertaining to the region of the eyebrow. 



Supra-orbital Above the eye. 



Syndactyle Having two toes immovably united for some distance 

 as in the Kingfisher. 



Synonym A different word having the same or a similar meaning. 



Tail In mammals, the vertebrae, etc., posterior to the sacrum ; in 

 birds, the tail-feathers or rectrices, taken collectively ; in ser- 

 pents, the part of the body posterior to the vent ; in fishes 

 (usually), the part of the body posterior to the anal fin. 

 (Everywhere used more or less vaguely.) 



Tail Coverts The small feathers overlapping the bases of the 

 rectrices. 



Tarso-metatarsus The correct name for the so-called tarsus of 

 birds ; the bone reaching from the tibia to the toes, composed 

 chiefly of the metatarsus, but having at its top one of the 

 small tarsal bones confluent with it. 



Tarsus The ankle-bones collectively; in birds, commonly used 

 for the shank-bone, lying between the tibia and the toes, the 

 tarso-metatarsus. 



Tectrices The wing and tail coverts. 



Temporal Pertaining to the region of the temples. 



Tenuirostral Slender-billed. 



Terete Cylindrical and tapering. 



Terminal At the end. 



Tertials The quills attached to the humerus. 



Tessellated Marked with little checks or squares, like mosaic 

 work. 



Thoracic Pertaining to the chest ; ventral fins are thoracic when 

 attached immediately below the pectorals, as in the perch. 



Tibia Shin-bone ; inner bone of leg between knee and heel. 



Tomium Cutting edge of the bill. 



Totipalmate Having all four toes connected by webbing. 



Tragua The inner lobe of the ear ; the lobe opposite the auricle. 



