538 DAN BEARD'S ANIMAL BOOK 



ply write, for instance, A, black; B, red; C, yellow, which 

 would be translated black bill, red forehead, and yellow 

 crown. 



F.Grl 



Map Showing Divisions on a Bird Used in Description 



A, the bill; B, the forehead; C, the crown; D, the cheek; E, the 

 nape; F, the back; G, the rump, the lower part of the back just 

 above the upper tail-covert, both concealed in the diagram by the 

 wing ; H, the lower tail-covert ; J, the tail ; P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, the 

 wing ; P, the lesser wing-covert ; Q, the middle wing-covert ; R, the 

 greater wing-covert ; S, the secondary wing-feathers ; T, the pri- 

 mary wing-feathers ; U, the shoulder ; V, the third wing-feathers ; 

 M, the belly; N, the breast; X, the throat; W, the lores; O, the 

 chin. 



While it is well to have a diagram of the wing di- 

 vided up into all the natural divisions so that they will 



