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GLOSSARY. 



Se'nile, a. Ageil ; pertaining to old age. 



Sense, n. Faculty of apprehending external 

 impressions ; as, sense of sight, hearing. 



Sen'sory, a. Kelnting to the senses. 



Sep'ti'M, n. A jjartition. Same as Dissepi- 

 ment. 



Se'ilous, a. Thin, watery (of fluids). 



Seu'isate, a. Tootheil, like a saw. 



Seiiua'tus, a. for n. A muscle of the trunk. 



Se'udm, n. Watery portion of animal fluids, 

 especially of the blood. 



Se.s'amoii) {bone), n. A small rotund bone sit- 

 uate in the substance of a tendon about a 

 joint. 



Se.s'.sile, a. Seated ; i. e. witliout a stem or 

 ]M'duncle. 



Seta'ceous, a. Bristly ; bristled. 



Se't^., n. pi. Bristles. 



Se'tifoii.m, a. Bristle-like. 



Se.x'ual, a. Pertaining to .sex. 



Sex'us, n. Sex. 



Shaft, n. (U(i.) 



Shank, n. Properly, the shin or tibial segment 

 of the leg. In case of birds oftener used, but 

 incorrectly, for the tarsus (tirso-metatarsus). 



Shin, n. (98.) 



Shoitldek, 11. {(58.) 



Sin'iLAST, ((. Hi.s.sing. 



Side-neck, n. (64.) 



Side of Tausus, n. (105.) 



Side of Toes, n. (119.) 



Slii'.MolD, (I. S-shaped. Several parts are so 

 called. 



Slt!N, j n. Any eluimcter or other arbitrary 



Sui'Nr.M, \ abbreviation of a word or term. 

 Prominent among those used in ornithology 

 are : ^, ma/r. ; 9. .female ; Q, juv. yoinuj, 

 juvcjiis; ad., arlii/t; hornot., honioliiie; pull., 

 pulh(.% chick; sen. or sr., senior, senex, old; 

 pt., plummje ; nupt. temp., J)i the brecdimj 

 season; ;est., summer; hy cm., winter ; vein., 

 spring ; Aut., autumnal ; unis., miiseiun;ci>\\., 

 collection, cahinc:l ; syn., sipivni/m; =, equal 

 to ; ^, more than ; <^, less than ; + , plus ; 

 X , in n. different sense ; v., ride, sec ; cf. , con- 

 fer, consult ; i. e. or h. e. , that is ; 1. c. , loco 

 citato, in the place just cited ; op. cit., the vork 

 cited; h. 1., hoc loco, here ; auet., anett., au- 

 thor, authors ; scrijit., vriter ; p., pnfic ; vol. 

 or t., rolume, tome ; pi. or tb., plate, tabula ; 

 {., or fig., Jiijure ; infra, fc/oi« (reference) ; 

 supra, above; <\n., qucri/ ; ?, query; !, crr- 

 la inly, from autopsy; err., error; cot., cor- 

 rigenda ; add., addenda ; descr., descT./)fion ; 

 id., the .idvi'' (|ier.son) ; ib. or ibid., there (in 

 the same place); quid? vhat (may it be)? 

 sc., scilicit, to wit ; viz., videlicet, namely ; 

 excl., e.relusirc of,- n., nova, novum, new: 

 var., variety : sp , .ipeeies .• gen., genus ; fam., 

 family; ord., order ; n. sp., n. g., neut speeiei>, 

 genus. Authors' names are constantly abbre- 

 viated, with the first one, two, or three, or 

 other most characteristic letters. 



SiNcii-'lTAL, a. Pertaining to the sinciput. 



Sin'uifi't, n. Anterior half of pileus, from 

 bill to vertex. (;)2. ) 



Sinis'tuad, a. Toward the left. 

 SlNIsiRAl,, a. On the left side. 

 Si'nus, n. Kanie of numerous and various 

 cavities of the body. 



Skei/eton, n. Sum of the bones of a body. 



It geneiuUy means only the endoskclctov. 



proper, or internal bony framework of the 



boily, as distinguished from exoskeldmi or 



drr moskcleton. 

 Sole, n. (ICti.) 

 Soi.KS OF Toes, n. (118.) 

 Sci'leus, n. A muscle of the leg. 

 Spat' i; late, rt. Spoon-shaped; contracted near 



the end, where enlarged. 

 Spb'cies, n. Aggregate of individuals related 



by geiK^tic succession without notable change 



of physical characters. 

 Specif'ic, a. Of, or relating to, a species ; as, 



spccijic name, .specific character. 

 Spec'ulum, n. mirror , brightly colored area 



on the .secondaries, especially of duifks. 

 Speiim, n. The secretion of the testicles ; same 



as semen. 

 Spei'.mat'ic, a. Pertaining to semen, or to the 



organs concerned in its production and emis- 

 sion. 

 Speiimatozo'a, n. pi. Essence of the male 



seed. 

 Sphe'noii) {bo7ic), n. A compound bone of 



the .skull, constituting much of the second 



cranial .segment. 

 SpiiExoin'AL, n. Relating to the sphenoid. 

 Spiiinc'tku, n. An annular muscle constrict- 

 ing or closing a natural orifice ; especially, 



sphincter ani. 

 Spi'nal, a. Kelating to the backbone. 

 Spina'lis, a. for ;(. Name of a certain mn.scle 



of the back. 

 Si'iNE, n. Backbone. Also, any sharp project- 

 ing point of bone or horn. 

 Spinose' or Spi'nous, a. Sometimes s-iid of a 



niucronate feather. 

 Splanch'xic, a. Visceral. 

 Splancunoi.'ocy, n. Science or study of the 



viscera. 

 Spleen, n. A deep red, soft, spongy, ductless 



and extremely vascular, abdominal organ of 



uncertain function. 

 Sple'nial, a. Name of a certain element of 



the mandible. 

 Sple'nii's, a. for n. A certain cervical muscle. 

 Spi-r, n. (108.) 



Spi'rioi's, a. False ; bastard ; imperfect , ru- 

 dimentary. 

 Spi'r.ioi's QriLL, n. The first primary, when 



rudimentary or very short. 

 SpfMiiors WiNd, 11. Feathers growing on the 



.so-called thumb of birds. 

 Sqitam'oi's, a. Scaly. 

 Sta'pe.s, n. One of the auditory ossicles; thi 



stirru.)-bone, becoming the columella in .S'au- 



ro/isiila. 

 STEOANop'oDor.s, a. Having all four toes full- 



webU'd. (Ul.) 

 Stel'latk, a. Starred. 

 STE.M, n. (144.) See Scapi'S. 

 .Ster'ii.e, a. I'nfiuitful ; infecund ; barren ; 



noting the condition of tlie female corre8iX)nd- 



ing to impotence of the male. 

 Stkk'nal, a. Kelating to the breast-bone. 

 Ster'ntm, n. Breast-itone. 

 STEiHi.t;'rM, «. Entire anterior half of a bird. 



(7.) (Little used.) 

 Stio'ma, n. See Calyx. 



