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GLOSSARY. 



RAUCOUS, a. Hoarse voiced. 



RECTRIX, n. Any one of the tail feath- 

 ers. (Used chiefly in the plural.) 



UEFI: ACTED, a. Abruptly bent, as if 

 broken. 



REMKX, n. Any one of the longer wing 

 feathers. (Used chiefly in the plural.) 

 The remiges are of two kinds, namely: 

 The primary remiges or quills of the 

 hand wing, and the secondary remiges 

 or quills of the forearm. 



REXIFOIJM, a. Kidney shaped. 



RFPIICVTE \ ^ F lded OVel ' S0 aS t0 



KEPL clxED ] fonn a groove or 

 .PLICATED, | channe i. 



( a. Marked with cross 



' \ lines like the meshes 

 RETICULATED, "j Qf ft net 



RETICULATION, n. Net work. 



RETRACTILE, a. Susceptible of being 



- drawn back and driven forward, as a 

 cat's claw. 



RETUOSE, a. Directed backward. 



RHACHIS, n. The shaft of a feather, ex- 

 clusive of the hollow basal portion or 

 "barrel." 



RHINAL, a. Pertaining to the nose. 



RHOMBOID, a. Lozenge shaped. 



RICTAL, a. Pertaining to the rictus. 



RICTUS,?;. The gape; sometimes re- 

 stricted to the corner of the mouth, 

 or angulus oris. 



ROSTRUM, n. The beak. 



ROUNDED, a. A rounded tail has the 

 central pair of feathers longest, the re- 

 mainder successively a little shorter. 

 A rounded wing is one in which the 

 first primary is short, the longest quill 

 being the third, fourth or fifth, or one 

 nearly midway between first and last. 



RUGA, n. A ridge or wrinkle. 



RUGOSE, a. Wrinkled. 



RUMP, . That portion of the upper 

 surface of the body lying between the 

 interscapulars and upper tail coverts. 



RUPICOLINE, n. Rock inhabiting. 



S. 



SAGITTATE, a. Shaped like an arrow- 

 head. 



SALIVARY GLANDS, n. The organs 

 which secrete the saliva, or spittle. 



SALTATORY, a. Progressing by leaps; 

 hopping. 



SAURGNATHOUS, a. The want of fusion 

 of the parts of the palate at mid-line. 



SATJROPSIDA, n. A primary group of 

 vertebrate animals, comprising birds 

 and reptiles. 



SAXICOLINE, a. Stone inhabiting; per- 

 taining to or having the characteris- 

 tics of the Stone Chats. 



SCABROUS, a. Scabby; scurfy; scaly. 



SCAXDENT, a. Climbing. 



s< ANSOKIAL, a. Capable of climbing, 

 as a Woodpecker. Pertaining to the 

 obsolete group Xeanitorea. 



SCAPULA, n. The shoulder blade. 



SCAPULAR, a. Pertaining to the scapula. 



SCAPULAR REGIOX, n. The usually 

 well-defined longitudinal 'area of 

 feathers overlying the shoulder blade. 

 They lie on each side of the back 

 (whence the feathers of the latter re- 

 gion are frequently called interscapu- 

 lars). 



SCHIZOGNATHOUS, a. Having the max- 

 illo-palatiue bones separated. 



SCHIZORIIINAL, a. Having the posterior 

 margin of the osseous nares decidedly 

 slit-like or triangular. 



SCISSOR SHAPED, a. A scissor- stm/ml 

 tail is one that is deeply forficate. 

 thus resembling the blades of a pair 

 of shears. 



SCOLOPACINE, a. Snipe-like; pertaining 

 to or having characteristics of the 

 Snipe family. 



SCUTELLATE, o. Provided with scu- 

 tella, or transverse scales. 



SCUTELLUM, n. One of the regular 

 transverse scales, or plates, of the 

 tarsus or toes of a bird. 



SCUTIFORM, a. Shield shaped. 



SECONDARY COVERTS, n. Properly the 

 posterior row of wing coverts, whicli 

 overlie the basal portion of the sec- 

 ondaries. The greater wing coverts. 



QUILLS, 

 SECONDARY 

 KEMIGES, 



SEMIPALMATE, 

 SEMIPALMATED, 



which in the spread 

 wing appear in a con- 

 tinuous row with 

 the primaries. 

 a. Half-webbed; 

 having the mem- 

 brane between the 

 anterior toes 

 reaching not more 

 than half way to 

 their ends. 

 SENILE, a. Aged; pertaining to old age. 

 SEPTUM, n. A partition. 

 SERICEOUS, a. Silky. 



SEKKATED, } Toothed, like a saw. 

 SESSILE, a. Resting directly upon an 

 object, without stem or peduncle. 



SETACEOUS, a. Bristly: bristled. 



