
PARTS 
OF A BIRD. 
The external parts of a bird, which require to be noticed and distin- 
guished by the naturalist, are the head, neck, body, wings, tail and legs ; 
which parts again are subdivided more or less minutely, according to the 
taste of various writers on the subject. 
The above outline engraving is to 
assist young naturalists in naming these. 
J. Maxizzta Superior, the upper 
mandible of the bill. 
2. Maxiiia Inrertor, the lower 
mandible of the bill. 
3. Cunmen, the ridge of the bill. 
4. Gonys, the angle or point of 
the under mandible. 
5. Dertroum, the hook of the bill. 
6. Nares, the nostrils. 
7. Mesorurnrom, the upper ridge 
of the bill. 
8. Lorum, the bone, a naked space 
at the base of the bill. 
9. Mentum, the chin. 
10. Frons, the forehead. 
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1]. Vertex, the crown of the 
head. 
12. Stxcrpur, the hinder part of 
the head. 
13. Caristrum, the face. 
14. Suprreiiivum, the eyebrow. 
15. Reeio OputTHaxmica, the re- 
gion of the eye. 
16. Tempora, the temples. 
17. Gena, the cheek. 
18. Recto Parorica, the parts 
above the ear. 
19. Cottum, the neck. 
20. Crrorx, the hinder part of the 
neck. 
