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Q. 



Quad' rate. Square. 

 Quar ry. Prey of raptorial birds. 



Quill. As generally used, one of the primary remiges ; and perhaps best so re- 

 stricted. 



R. 



Race. A nascent species or a "form," which on account of the existence of inter- 

 mediate specimens cannot be considered a species, no matter how great a de- 

 gree of differentiation may have been reached. Races are distinguished as 

 "Geographical " and " Local " according as to whether they occupy extensive 

 or limited areas of country. Geographical races are usually correlative with 

 definite geographical areas, being, in fact, the expression of geographical varia- 

 tion. (Ridgway.) 



Ka mus. Branch or fork, as the ramus of the lower mandible 



Rapto'res. An artificial group of birds, including the so-called birds of prey. 



Rapto'rial. Pertaining to the birds of prey. 



Rec'trix. Any one of the tail-feathers. The plural, rectrices, is chiefly used. 



Recur' ved. Curved upward. 



Reflec'tioii. Change of color with different inclination to the light. 



Re'gioii. Any portion of the body localized, as the anal region, dorsal region, etc- 



Re'mex. Quill of the wing. The plural remiges is generally employed. 



Reiic'ulate. ) Marked with a network of lines. 



Reiic'ulated. 



Ric'tal. Pertaining to the rictus. 



Rictus. The gape ; sometimes restricted to the corner of the mouth. 



Rosa'ceous. ) A y e pur p]i s h_pink, like some varieties of roses. 



Rose Pink. > 



Rose Red. The purest possible purplish red color. 



Ros'irum. The beak; bill. 



Round ed. A rounded tail has the central pair of feathers longest, the remainder 



successively a little shorter. A rounded wing is one in which the first pri- 

 . inary is short, the longest quill being the third, fourth or fifth, or one nearly 



midway between the first and last, 



Rudiment/ary. Undeveloped ; existing only in its beginning. 

 Ruflf. Set of lengihed or otherwise modified or peculiarly colored feathers around 



the throat or whole neck. 

 Ru'ga. A ridge or wrinkle. 

 Ru'gose. Wrinkled. 

 Rus set. A bright tawny-brown color, with a tinge of rusty. 



Sali'va. Spittle ; the secretion of the salivary glands. 

 Scaiiso'nal, Capable of climbing as a woodpecker. 

 Scap'ular. Pertaining to the shoulder blade, or Scapula 



Scap'uiars. ) Feathers of the scapular region. 



Scap'ularies. > 



Scarier. The purest possible red color, lighter and less rosy than carmine, ricner 



and purer than vermilion. 

 Scolo pacine. Snipe-like. 



Suu'tellate Provided with scutella, or transverse scales. 

 Sec'ondary Cov'erts. Properly, the posterior row of wing-coverts, which overlie 



the basal portion of the secondaries. The greater wing-coverts. 



) The long feathers of the forearm, which in the spread wing 

 Sec'ondary Quills. > appear in a continuous row with the primaries. 



Sec'ondary Rem'iges. 



