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Eictus. Gape of the mouth. 



flemiges. Quills of the wing. 



Rectrices. Quills of the tail. 



Rufous. Reddish rusty. 



Secondaries. Quills belonging on the fore-arm. 



Scapulars. Feathers growing from the shoulder blade. 



Saggitate. Arrow shaped. 



Speculum. Bright coloured area on the secondaries of the ducks chiefly. 



Superciliary. Over the eye, the eyebrow. 



Tertials. The large inner quills of wing growing from the elbow. 



Tibia. The shin bone, the bone of the leg between the knee and the heel. 



Tarsus. The ankle bones taken together, 



Truncate. Cut squarely off. 



Unguis. Nail or claw. 



Undulated. Waved, made rolling. 



Violaceous. Violet coloured. 



Vinaceous. Wine coloured. 



Vermiculated. Marked with fine cross markings. 



