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LOBE. Membraneous flap, chiefly on the toes. 

 LORE. Space between the eye and the bill. 



M 



MAXILLAR. Pertaining to the upper jaw. 

 MELANISM. State of coloration arising from excess of dark pigment; a 



frequent condition of Hawks. 

 MEMBRANE. Soft skinny covering of the bill of some birds. 



N 

 NUCHA. The upper part of the hind neck next the hind head. 



o 



OSCINES. A group of singing birds. 

 OCCIPUT. The hind head. 



P 



PALMATE. Web-footed. 



PARASITIC. Habitually making use of other birds' nests. 

 PECTINATE. Having tooth-like projections, like those of a comb. 

 PECTORAL. Pertaining to the breast. 

 PLUMBEOUS. Lead color. 



PRIMARIES. The large stiff quills growing on the first bone of the wing ; 

 usually nine or ten, sometimes eleven, in number. 



REMIGES. Quills of the wing. 

 RETRICES. Quills of the tail. 

 RICTUS. Gape of the mouth. 



S 



SAGGITATE. Shaped like an arrow head. 



SCAPULARS. Long feathers rising from the shoulders and covering the sides 



of the back. 



SECONDARIES. Quills which grow on the second bone of the wing. 

 SECONDARY COVERTS. The wing feathers which cover the bases of the 



secondary quills. 



SEMIPALMATE. Having the feet half webbed. 

 SERRATE. Toothed like a saw. 



SPECULUM. A brightly colored spot of the secondaries, especially of ducks. 

 SPURIOUS QUILL. The first primary when very short. 

 SUPERCILIARY. Pertaining to the eye-brows. 



T 

 TAIL COVERTS. The small feathers underlying or overlying the base of 



the tail. 



TARSI. The shanks of the legs. 

 TERTIALS. Feathers which grow from the second bone of the wing at the 



elbow joint. 

 TIBIA. Principal and inner bone of leg between knee and heel. 



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