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GLOSSARY OF TERMS, 



Snatcher. A bird of prey ; a 



raptorial bird. 

 Sqtianiiforin. Shaped like 



scale*. 

 >Sternuin. The breast bone. 

 Stri'gid. A bird of the Owl 



tribe. 

 StrigidcE. Hirils of the Otfitribe. 

 Struthiones. Ostiithes: 



birds of tlie Ostrich tribe. 

 Struthion'id. A bird of tl»e 



Ostrich tribe. 

 Strut hioni dee. Birds of the 



Ostrich tribe. 

 Strnthions. Havinc the qnali- 



ties of the Ostrich tribe. 

 Stiir'nid. A bird of the Starl- 

 ing; tribe. 

 Sturnidec. Bird&of theS/ar/iwgr 



tribe. 

 Subarchcd. Somewhat arched. 

 Subcouic. SoiMevvhat conic. 

 Subcrested.Soniev hat crested. 

 Subcylindri^. Somewhat cy- 

 lindrical. 

 Siibincurved. Somewhat id- 



curved. 

 Subulate. A\vl-.-*haped. 

 Syl'viad. A bird of the JVurbkr 



tribe. 

 Sylviadce. Birds of the fVtublcr 



tribe. 

 Tenn'irost. A bird having a 



slender bill. 

 Tenuirostres. Birds having 



slender bills ► 

 Tertials. The huiallest quill 



feathers of the wing. 



Tetraon'id. A bird of the 

 Partridge and Giuuse tribe. 



Tttraon'tdce . liirdsof the Par- 

 tridge and Grouse liibe. 



Textor. A weaver, 



Thoiacic duct. Tliat tube or 

 vessel which conveys tlienu- 

 trimeni from the absorbents 

 to the biood. 



To'did. A biid of the Tody 

 tribe. 



Todidce. Birds of tlie Tody 

 tribe. 



Tro'chilid. A humming-bird. 



Trochiiidee. Humming-birds. 



Truncate. Appeariiiir lopped 

 or shortened. 



Vertebra;. The bones of the 

 back and neck. 



Vinaceous. Havinc; the colour 

 of grape leave*, pale dull 

 green. 



Viscera. The plural of Viseus. 



Viscus, A bowel or entrail : it 

 is, however, used by anato- 

 mists in a more extensive 

 signification than this : the 

 hcurt is called a vLscus ; and 

 we frequently hear of the 

 thoracic, as well as uhdominai 

 viscera. 



Vul'turid. A bird of the Vul- 

 ture tribe. 



Vuiiuridce. Birds of the Vul- 

 ture tribe. 



Wax. The membiane covering 

 the; l.ase ot the bill ; the cere.. 



