APPENDIX B 



GLOSSARY 



The following is intended to identify, for the beginner, a 

 few of the most common ornithological terms and abbrevia- 

 tions which he will encounter. 



1 . Abbreviations : 



C? = sign of the male. 



9 = " " " female. 



im. = immature, which is accepted to mean the 



young birds of the same year, 

 -f- = sign of a hybrid. 

 ad. = adult. 



2. Parts of the bird: 



Auriculars = back and below eye, commonly called 



cheeks. 



Belly = lower part of the under parts. 

 Breast = forward part of the under parts. 

 Crown = upper part of head. 

 Lores = between eye and bill. 

 Mandible = division of the bill. 

 Primaries = outer wing feathers. 

 Rump = lower part of back. 

 Tarsus = lower part of leg. 

 Tibia = upper part of leg. 



Under tail-coverts feathers under base of tail. 

 Upper tail-coverts = lower edge of rump. 

 Wing-coverts = feathers nearer inside of wing. 



