GLOSSARY. 



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BARBED, a. Furnished with barbs; 



bearded. 



BARBULE, n. A barb of a barb. 

 BARRED, a. Marked with bars. 

 BASE, n. Boot; origin. 

 BASAL, a. Pertaining to the base. 

 BELLY, n. The central posterior por- 

 tion of the under surface of the body; 

 bounded laterally by the sides, pos- 

 teriorly by the vent or anal region, 

 and anteriorly by the breast. 

 BELT, n. A broad band of color across 

 the brea*t or belly. (Distinguished 

 from zone in that the latter may cross 

 the wings or tail.) 



BELTED, a. Marked with a broad band 

 of color across the lower part of body. 

 BEND OF THE WING, n. The angle or 

 prominence at the carpus or wrist 

 joint in the folded wing. 

 BEVY, n. A flock of Quails or Par- 

 tridges. 

 BIBLIOGRAPHY, n. Condensed history 



of the literature of a subject. 

 BIFURCATE, a. Doubly forked. 



' a. Two-named, or, more 

 properly, named by 

 two terms. The bi- 

 nomial system of nom- 

 enclature, instituted in 

 1758 by Linnaeus, and 

 adopted by zoologists 

 and botanists, promul- 

 gates the use of two 

 terms as the name of 

 each species the first 

 generic, the second 

 [ specific. 



BIOLOGY, n. The study of living beings 

 with relation to the laws and results 

 of their organization. 

 BIOLOGICAL, a. Pertaining to biology. 

 Biological science embraces the study 

 of all organic creations, and thus in- 

 cludes zoology and botany, both re- 

 cent and fossil. 



BOAT SHAPED, a. A boat-shaped tail 

 has the opposite sides or halves meet- 

 ing below along the median line, the 

 outer edges being elevated. The tail 

 of Quiscalus is a familiar example, 

 while that of the domestic fowl (Gal- 

 lus bankiva) exemplifies the opposite 

 form, with the edges below the middle 

 feathers forming the ridge instead of 

 the keel. A boat-shaped bill is one in 

 which the maxilla resembles an in- 

 verted boat, as in genus Cancroma. 

 BOOT, n. In birds, the tarsal envelope, 

 when entire. 



BINOMIAL, 

 BINOMINAL, 



BOOTED, a. A booted tarsus has the 

 usual scales fused so as to form a con- 

 tinuous or uninterrupted covering. 

 The tarsus of the smaller Thrushes 

 and the American Robin well illus- 

 trates this character. 



Boss, n. A knob or short, rounded pro- 

 tuberance. 



BRACCATE, a. Having the feathers on 

 the outer side of the tibia elongated 

 or plume-like, as in most of the Fal- 

 conidce. 



BRACE SHAPED, n. Shaped like the 

 brace of printers. 



BRACHIAL, a. Pertaining to the wing. 

 (Little used.) 



BRACHYPTEROUS, a. Short winged. 



BRACHYUROUS, a. Short tailed. 



BREAST, n. In birds, an artificial and 

 somewhat arbitrary subdivision of the 

 under surface, lying between the jug- 

 ulum and abdomen. Its position cor- 

 responds nearly with that of the 

 underlying pectoral muscles. 



BREVIPENNES, n. The systematic name 

 of a group of short-winged birds, in- 

 cluding the Ostriches and kindred 

 forms. 



BREVIPENNINE, a. Short feathered; 

 short winged ( improperly so used ) ; 

 pertaining to the Brevipennes. 



BRIDLE, n. A stripe of color extending 

 back from the bill, along the lower 

 sides of the head. 



BRIDLED, a. Marked with a distinct 

 stripe of color from the bill back- 

 ward, beneath the eye, along the 

 lower jaw or sides of the throat. 



BRISTLE, n. A small, hair-like feather, 

 consisting chiefly of the shaft; com- 

 monly developed near the angle of 

 the mouth or rictus, but sometimes on 

 other portions of the plumage also. 



BUCCAL, a. Pertaining to the cheeks. 



BULLATE, a. Having a blistered ap- 

 pearance. 



c. 



CADUCOUS, a. Falling off early. 



CALCAREOUS, a. Chalky. 



CANALICULATED, a. Channeled or fur- 

 rowed. 



CANCELLATE, a. Latticed; marked 

 both longitudinally and transversely. 



CANDESCENT, ) a. Whitish; hoary; 



CANESCENT, j frost-like. 



CAPILLARY, a. Hair-like. 



CAPISTRATE, a. Hooded or cowled. 



