GLOSSARY. 



A. 



ABDOMEN, n. The belly. 



ABDOMINAL, a. Pertain ing to the abdo- 

 men. 



ABERRANT, a. Deviating from the usual 

 or normal character. 



ABORTIVE, a. Imperfectly developed. 



ACCIPITRES, n. Plural of accipiter; 

 also the name of a more or less arti- 

 ficial group of birds, including the so- 

 called "Birds of Prey," or Raptores 

 of some authors. 



ACCIPITRINE, a. Hawk-like. 



ACICULAR, a. Needle shaped. 



ACULEATE, a. Slender pointed. 



ACUMINATE, a. Tapering gradually to 

 a point. 



ACUTE, a. Sharp pointed. 



ADOLESCENCE, n. Youth. 



ADULT, n. As applied to birds, an indi- 

 vidual which has attained the final 

 or mature plumage. 



ADULT, a. In ornithology, having 

 reached the fully-mature or final 

 plumage. (A bird may be adult as 

 regards organization without being 

 of adult plumage. ) 



^STIVAL, a. Pertaining to summer. 



AGGREGATED, a. Collected together; 

 accumulated. Thus, by aggregation, 

 a number of individual spots or other 

 markings may form, collectively, a 

 larger patch or stripe. 



AFTERSHAFT, n. Properly, the stem of 

 the supplementary plume springing 

 from near the base of some feathers: 

 ordinarily, however, applied to the 

 plume itself. 



ALAR. a. Pertaining to the wing. 



ALAUDINE, a. Lark-like. 



ALBINISM, n. An abnormal condition 

 of plumage, with white replacing the 

 ordinary colors to a greater or -less 

 extent. Albinism results from a defi- 

 ciency or entire absence of pigment 

 in the skin which supplies the color- 

 ing of the feathers, and is complete 

 only when all colors are obliterated 

 from the plumage. (In birds, com- 

 plete albinism of the plumage is not 

 necessarily accompanied by change of 

 colors of the bill, feet and eyes.) 



ALBINO, n. An animal affected with al- 

 binism. 



ALBINISTIC, ) a. Affected with albin- 



ALBINOTIC, ) ism. 



ALECTROID, a. Cock-like ; resembling 

 the domestic cock. 



ALECTORINE, a. Pertaining to the do- 

 mestic cock. 



ALIFORM, a. Wing-like. 



ALPINE, a. Pertaining to the Alps. 

 (Often used in relation to any high 

 mountain range for species inhabit- 

 ing high altitudes, which are termed 

 "Alpine" species.) 



ALTRICES, n. Birds whose young are 

 reared in the nest and fed by the par- 

 ents. With the exception of the Sap- 

 tores, some of the Xteganopodes and 

 Pygopodes, the Longipennes and 

 Sphenisci, young of Altrices are psilo- ; 

 psedic, born naked or partially-clad. 



ALTRICIAL, a. Having the character of 

 or pertaining to the Altrices. 



ALULA, n. The "bastard wing," com- 

 posed of several stiff feathers growing 

 on the so-called thumb. They are di- 

 rectly below the secondary or greater 

 coverts, and collectively resemble a 

 miniature wing, whence the name. 



