416 GLOSSARY. 



CERVICAL. Pertaining to the hind neck. 



CHIN. Space between the forks of the lower jaws. 



CLAVICLE. Collar bone. 



COMMISSURE. Line where the two mandibles meet. 



CRISSUM. Under tail coverts. 



CULMEN. Ridge of upper mandible. 



CUNEATE. Wedge-shaped. A cuneate tail has the middle feathers longest. 



D 



DECIDUOUS. Temporary ; falling early. 

 DECOMPOSED. Separate ; standing apart, 

 DENTIROSTRAL. Having the bill toothed or notched. 

 DIAGNOSTIC. Distinctively characteristic. 

 DORSAL. Pertaining to the back. 



E 



EMARGINATE. Notched at the end ; slightly forked. 

 ERYTHRISM. A peculiar reddish state of plumage. 



i F 



FALCATE. Sickle-shaped. 

 FEMORAL. Pertaining to the thigh. 

 FERRUGINOUS. Rusty red. 



FISSIROSTRAL. Having the bill cleft far beyond the base of its horny part. 

 FORFICATE. Deeply forked. 

 FULIGINOUS. Sooty-brown. 

 FULVOUS. Of a brownish -yellow color. 

 FURCATE. Forked. 

 FUSCOUS. Of a dark grayish-brown color. 



G 



GIBBOUS. Swollen; protuberant. 

 GONYS. Keel or outline of the bill so far as united. 

 GRADUATED. Changing length at regular intervals. 

 GULAR. Pertaining to the upper fore neck. 

 GUTTATE. Having drop-shaped spots. 



H 

 HALLUX. The hind toe. 



I 



IMBRICATED. Fixed shingle-wise ; overlapping. 

 INTERSCAPULAR. Between the shoulders. 



J 

 JUGULUM. Lower throat. 



L 



LAMELLA. A thin plate or scale, such as are seen inside a duck's bill. 

 LANCEOLATE. Shaped like the head of a lance. 



LARYNX. Adam's apple ; a hollow cartilaginous organ ; a modification of 

 the windpipe. 



