A GL0S5>ARY OF TERMS 



USED IN THIS WORK. 



^* A Jew other words of rather nncommoa uccurrtnce uill also be 

 found in the preceding pages, but, as ihty htve a place in Todd's 

 Johnson's Dictionary, it has been thought unnecessary to 

 explain them in (his glosiuri/. The Anglicized words are 

 accented. 



Al'cad. A bird ofllie aufc tribe. 

 Alcada. Birdsof the um/c tribe. 

 Alembical. Having tiie shape 



of an alembic. 

 Anat'id. AbirdoftheDwcfciribf'. 

 Anatid^p. Birds of the Duck 



tribe. 

 Ar»deiil, A bird of the Heron 



tribe. 

 Ardeida. Birds of tlie Heron 



tribe. 

 AvEs. Birda. 

 Bombyciue. Silky, formed of 



silk. 

 Bu'ccrid. A bird of the Horn- 



bill tril)e. 

 Bucerid<e. Birds of the Horn- 

 hill tnbe. 

 Capisirum. The face. 

 Caprimal'fiid. A bird of the 



Go'U- sucker trib<^. 

 Caprimulgidce. Birds of the 



Gwd-sucker tribe. 

 Carinate. Formed like a keel. 

 Canmcnlate. Having caruncles. 

 Cere. The membrane covering 



the base of the bill ; the wax. 

 Cereless. Without a cere. 

 Cer'thiail. A bird of the Creeper 



tribe. 

 Certhind(e. Birds of the Creeper 



tribe. 



€harad'iiad A bird of the l^ln- 

 vei' tribe. 



Charadriad(£. Birds of the Plo- 

 ver tribe. 



Cin'nyrid. A bird of (he Cin- 

 nyris or Sun-bird tribe. 



CinnyridcB. Birds of the Cin- 

 nyris or Sun-bird tribe. 



Colnm'bid. A bird of tlie Pi- 

 geon tribe. 



Columbidit. Birds of the Pi- 

 geon tiibe. 



Colym'bid. A bird of the Diver 

 tribe. 



Cidymbidis. 

 t»ibe. 



Con'irost. 

 conic bill. 



Conirostres. 

 nic biil^. 



Coi'vid. A bird of the Crow tribe. 



Corvidcc. Birds of the C/v;?r tribe. 



Cra'cid. A bird of tiie Curos- 

 «.,»wand Pctidope UUyp. 



Cracidte. Birds of the Curassow 

 and Penelope tribe. 



Cn'culid. A bird of the Cuckoi> 

 tribe. 



Cucufid(E 

 tribe. 



Den'tirost. 

 toothed bill 



Birds of the Divtr 



A bird having a 



Birds having co- 



Bird i of tlie Cuck 

 \ bird bavin;: 



