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GLOSSARY. 



SUPERCILIUM, n. The eyebrow. 



SUPERFAMILY, n. A group containing: 

 several families, yet not of ordinary 

 rank. (Next in rank below a sub- 

 order.) 



SUPEKIOB, a. Lying over; topmost, or 

 uppermost. 



SUPERORDEB, n. A group consisting of 

 one or more orders, but not ranking 

 as high as a class. (Next in rank 

 below a subclass.) 



SUPRA- AURICULAR, a. Situated above 

 the auriculars or ear coverts. 



SUPRALORAL, a. Situated above the 

 lores. 



SUPRAORBITAL, a. Pertaining to the 

 region immediately above the eye. 



SYMPIIESIS, n. A growing together, as 

 symphesis of the lower jaw. 



(a. Having two toes 

 coalescent for a 

 considerable por- 



SYNGNESIOUS, tion of their 



[ length. 



(n. In natural history, a 

 specific or generic 

 name, which is sup- 

 pressed on account of 

 having been proposed 

 subsequent to another 

 name for the same ob- 

 ject, or for reason of 

 its being otherwise un- 



SYNONYM, I available. Thus, the 

 common Song Sparrow 

 having been first named 

 fascmta, in 1788, by 

 Gmelin, the name melo- 

 dia, given by Wilson in 

 1810, becomes a syno- 

 iiyin by reason of its 

 later date. (The op- 

 posite of homonym, 

 which see.) 



SYNONYME, 



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T. 



TAIL COVERTS, n. The most posterior 

 feathers of the body, or those which 

 immediately cover the basal portion 

 of the tail. 



TABSAL, a. Pertaining to the tarsus, so- 

 called. 



TARSUS, n. In descriptive ornithology, 

 the leg of a bird, or that portion from 

 the foot ( that is, the toes) to the heeJ 

 joint. 



TECTRICES, n. Coverts; especially those 

 of the wing. 



TECTRICES MKDIJE, 

 TKCTRICES PER v i R8 JB, 



TBCTRICBS ALJE, ) , 1T . 

 TKCTKICES ALABES, } Wtng coverts. 



TKCTRICES ALABES INFEBIOBES, n. 

 The under wing coverts, or those of 

 the under surface of the wing. 

 TECTRICES CAUD.E, n. Tail coverts. 



n. The mid- 

 dle wing 

 coverts. 



TELEOLOGICAL, a. Pertaining to tele- 

 ology. A teleological character is a 

 modification resulting from necessity 

 of adaptation to particular ends. 

 Thus, the naked head and other vul- 

 turine aspects of the Old World Vul- 

 tures and those of the New World are 

 teleological, inasmuch as their mode 

 of living necessitates in both certain 

 ^modifications of external structure 

 fitting them to act the part of scav- 

 engers, their, actual (morphological) 

 structure being very different. 

 TELEOLOGY, n. The science or doctrine 



of adaptation. 



TEMPOTAL, a. Pertaining to the tem- 

 ples. 



TENUIROSTRAL, a. Slender billed; per- 

 taining to the obsolete group Tenui- 

 rostres. 



TENUIROSTBES, n. An obsolete and ex- 

 ceedingly artificial group of birds, 

 embracing various slender-billed 

 forms. 

 TEBETE, a. Cylindrical and tapering; 



fusiform. 

 TEBMIXOLOGICAL, a. Pertaining to 



terminology (?). 



TERMINOLOGY, n. The science of call- 

 ing things by their right names, 

 according to fixed or scientific princi- 

 ples; hence, essentially synonymous 

 with nomenclature. 



(n. Properly, the inner 

 quills of the wing, 

 growing from the 

 elbow or humerus, 

 and usually more or 

 less concealed (in 

 the closed wing) by 

 the longer scapulars. 

 Frequently, however, 

 the graduated inner 

 secondaries are in- 

 correctly so called, 

 especially when dis- 

 tinguished, as they 

 very often are, by dif- 

 ferent color, size or 

 shape. 

 TESSELLATED, a. Checkered. 



TERTIALS, 

 TERTIARIES. 



