GLOSSARY. 



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INTERORBITAL, a. Between the eye 

 sockets. 



INTERRAMAL. a. Between the forks or 

 rami of the lower jaw. 



INTERMEDIA, n. The middle pair of 

 tail feathers, or middle retrices. 



INTERSCAPULAR, a. Between the scap- 

 ulars. 



INTERSCAPULARS, n. The feathers of 

 the interscapulum, or back. 



INTERSCAPULUM, n. The region be- 

 tween the scapular tracts, or the back 

 proper. 



IMKHTROPICAL, a. Between the trop- 

 ics; tropical. 



IVV.UJINATE, a. Sheathed. 



IRIDIAN \ a ' Pertainin S to the iris - 

 lias, n. The (usually) colored circle of 



the eye surrounding the pupil. 

 ISOPOGONOUS, a. Having the two webs 



equal in breadth. 

 ISTHMUS, n. A narrow strip, or neck, 



connecting two larger areas. 



J. 



JUGULAR, a. Pertaining to the jugulum. 



JUGULUM, n. The lower throat, or fore- 

 neck, immediately above the breast. 

 It is a well-defined area in the Hawks, 

 Vultures, Pigeons, Ducks, and some 

 other groups. 



K. 



KIDNEY SHAPED, a. Somewhat heart 

 shaped, but without the point, and 

 broader than long. 



KNEE, n. Properly the feinoro-tibial 

 joint, concealed in most birds; but 

 usually the tibio-metatarsal articula- 

 tion, or heel, is so called. 



L. 



( a. Jagged, or slashed at 



TE ' -1 the end or along the 

 LACINIATE, ] edge 



LACHRYMAL, (bone), n. A large bone 

 bounding the orbit anteriorly and 

 above ; it is especially well-developed 

 in certain Falconidce. 



LACUSTRINE, a. Lake inhabiting. 



LAGOPUS, n. A genus of birds having 

 the tarsi and toes covered with feath- 

 ers, giving the foot a resemblance to 

 that of the hare. 



LAMBDOID, a. L-shaped. 



LAMELLIROSTRAL, a. Having a lamel- 

 late bill. 

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LAMELLIKOSTKF.S. /,. A group of birds 

 embracing the Anatidce and Flamin- 

 goes, in which the bill is lamellate 

 edged. 



LANCEOLATE, a. Lance shaped; taper- 



ing gradually to a point at one end, 



and more abruptly at the other. 

 LANUGINOUS, a. Woolly. 

 LEG, n. As generally used, synonymous 



with tarsus; as, "legs and feet" 



tarsi and toes. 

 LESSER WING COVERTS, n. The smaller 



wing coverts, forming a more or less 



well-defined tract immediately an- 



terior to middle coverts, and thence 



to anterior border of inner wing. 

 LIMBATE, a. Edged with a different 



color. 

 LIMICOL.E, n. The group of shore birds; 



a more or less natural group, embrac- 



ing the Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipe, 



Curlew, etc. 

 LIMICOLINE, a. Shore inhabiting; per- 



taining to, or having the character of, 



the Limicolce. 



LINEOLATE, a. Marked with little lines. 

 LINING OF THE WING, n. The under 



wing coverts collectively, especially 



the lesser and middle. 

 LITTORAL, a. Pertaining to the sea 



shore. 



T (a. Furnished with mem- 



TE ' \ braueotis flaps, as the toes 

 " D) / of acoot(AWtca). 

 LOBE, n. A membraneous flap. 

 LONG EXSERTED, a. Said of tail feath- 



ers when abruptly much longer than 



the rest. 

 LONGIPENNES, n. A group of long- 



wiuged swimming birds, formerly 



embracing the Gulls and their allies, 



and the Procellariidce (Petrels, Alba- 



trosses and Fulmars), but properly re- 



stricted to the Laridce, Bkynchopidce 



and Stercorariida. 

 LONGIPENNINE, a. Pertaining to the 



Longipennes. 

 LONGIROSTRAL, a. Having a long bill, 



or pertaining to the artificial and ob- 



solete group Longirostres. 

 LONGIROSTRES, n. An obsolete group 



of birds, embracing certain long-billed 



forms. 



LORAL, a. Pertaining to the lores. 

 LORE, n. The space between the eyes 



and bill in birds. 



