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GLOSSARY OP TECHNICAL TERMS 



USED IN DESCRIBING THE BIRDS. 



Alula. — Little wing, the bastard wing composed of the feathers, that are set on 

 the so-called thumb. 



Auriculars. — The straight hair like feathers overlying the ears. 



Axillars. — Feathers growing from the armpit. 



Coverts. — The small feathers under or over the tail or wings. 



Crissum. — The under tail coverts taken together. 



(/inereous. — Of an ashy colour. 



Corrugated. — Wrinkled. 



-Cordate. — Heart shaped.^ 



Crescentic. — Moon shaped. 



Commissure. — The line of junction of the mandibles when closed. 



Culmen. — The highest arch of the upper mandible. 



Dorsal. — Belonging to the back. 



Fulvous. — Of a brownish yellow colour. 



Fuliginous. — Dark brown. 



Falcate.: — Sickle shaped. 



Glaucous. — A dull green passing into blue sea green. 



Gallinaceous. — Having the nature of a domestic fowl. 



Intertoraial. — Between the cutting edges of the bill. 



Interscapulars. — The feathers between the shoulders. 



Iris. — The circular muscular curtain hanging perpendicularly in the eye between 



the aqueous and vitreous humors and having in it a circular opening the 



pupil. 



Jugulum. — The throat. 

 Lores. — Space between the eye and the bill. 

 Loral. — Belonging to the lores. 

 Lanceolate. — Lance shaped- 

 Mandible. — The jaw. 

 Nuchal. — Belonging to the neck or nape. 

 Nape. — Back of the neck. 

 Nasal. — Belonging to the nose. 

 Ochraceous. — Colour of yellow ochre. 

 Orbital. — Pertaining to the eye socket. 

 Occiput, — Back of the head, 



Primaries. — The nine or ten stiff feathers which form the tip of the wing. 

 Pileum. — The cap or top of the head. 

 Plumbeous. — Lead colour. 

 Pectin ations. — Comb-like toothing. 



Pectoral. — Belonging to the breast. 

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