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GLOSSARY. 



Vexil'U'M, n. Rhachis and web of a feather 

 taken together ; all of a feather excepting 

 calamus. 



Vinitis'sA, 71. ; \>\. rihri,i,ifr. Bristly or bristlc- 

 tipiK'd feather about the mouth of a bird. 



Vic'rus, re. Food ; diet. 



Vli.'i.i, n. pi. Soft papulous projection.s of 

 nienibrane. 



Vis'cuKAl,, a. Pertaiuing to the viscera. 



Vis'crs, )!.; ])1. viscera. Any interior organ of 

 the body, but especially of the digestive sys- 

 tem. The stomach is a viscits ; the intestines 

 are ciscera. 



Vi'sr.s, 11. Visiou ; eyesight. 



Vl'rici.i.lNE, a. Pertaining to the vitellus. 



Vi'TKi.i.i.NE Mem'iiu.v.\e, )i. An envelope of the 

 vitellus. 



VlTKL'i.i s, 71. Yolk (which see). 



Vit'I!Eoi:s, a. (ilassy ; said o\ the humor in 

 tlie buck chamber of tlie eye. 



Vit'ta, ?i. Uroa<l band of color. 



Vo'.MEU, 71. A bone of tlie .skull, lying at the 

 base, in the median line, in advanc(? of the 

 sphenoid. Also, the peculiarly shaped and 

 enlarged last bone of the tail, or pygostyle. 



w. 



Washed, a. As if overlaid with a thin layer 



of dilferent color. 

 Wat'tle, n. A naked, flesliy, and usually 



wrinkled and highly colored .skin hanging 



from the chin or throat, as in the cock and 



turkey. 

 Web, 71. The vane of a feather, on cither side 



of the rliachis. 

 "Wedge-shaped, a. See Cuneate. 



Whis'keked, a. Having lengthened or bristly 



feathers on the cheeks. 

 WiNO, 71. (73.) See Ala. 

 Wing, Bend of. (77.) See Flexura. 

 Wi.NG-covEnTs, 71. pi. (83.) See Tectrices. 

 WoLFF'iAN Bodies, 7i. Certain organs of the 



embryo associated with the uro-gen.'tals. 



Xi'piioiD, a. or 71. Sword-shaped. Posterior 

 prolongation of the sternum. 



Yolk or Yelk, ti. " Yellow " of an egg ; a 

 soft, opaque, yellow globular mass, enveloped 

 iu a proper membrane (the vitelline) and sus- 

 pended in the white by the chalazae. It has a 

 ceiitial cavity full of a clear substance, fur- 

 nished with a duct leadin<j to a mass of cells 

 tvxmeA proliijcrous disc ; adlicring to its surface 

 is the cicatrictilum, or "tread," which becomes 

 the embryo. 



Zo'n'a Pellu'cida, n. Consolidated membra- 

 nous envelope of the primitive ovum. 



Zoology, ?i. Natural history of animals, of 

 which ornithology is one department. 



ZvGAPoru'ysis, a. Articular process of a ver- 

 tebra. 



Zygodac'tvle, a. Yoke-toed ; having the toes 

 in jiaii's, two before and two behind. 



Zygo'.ma, 71. Malar bone and its connections. 



Zygomat'ic, a. Pertaining to the malar bone. 



