TECHNICAL TERMS. 



LATERAL, belonging to the side, placed side-ways. 

 MIGRATORY, coming and going at cerla:%_ seasons ; sometimes 



applied to fishes, but most frequently to birds. 

 MULTIVALVE, with many shells or foldings. 

 NASCENT, young or growing. 

 NICTITATING, winking, applied to a membrane over the eyes of 



most birds. 



OBFUSCATED, of a dusky colour. 

 OLFACTORY, relating to the smell. 

 ORNITHOLOGY, the description of birds. 

 OVIPAROUS, producing young by laying eggs. 

 PARTURTTIOK, the bringing forth ot young. 

 PASSERINE, belonging to the sparrow kind, 

 PATULOUS, open. 

 PECTORAL, belonging to the breast. 

 PENDULOUS, hanging. 

 PISCIVOROUS, living on fish. 

 PREDACEOUS, formed for pursuing prej. 

 QUATRIFID, divided into four parts. 

 SCAHROUS, rough. 

 SCAPULARS, .shoulders. 

 SKMILC-NAR, in the form of a balf-moon. 

 SETACEOUS, hairy. 

 SIMULATED, formed like an owl. 

 TESTACEOUS, ctrvered with a shell, as oysters, &C- 

 TRIFURCATED, three-forked. 

 TRUNCATED, appearing as if cot off. 



UNIVALVE, with one shell, fold, or opening. 



VENTRAL, belonging to the belly. 



VIVIPAROUS, bringing forth young alive. 



WEBBED, connected with a membrane, as the toes of aquatic 



ZOOLOGY, the history of animated nature. 



ZOOPHYTE, an animal plant. 



