176 PRACTICAL TAXIDERMY. 



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ORNITHOLOGICAL PARTS OF A BIRD. 



The Breast. 



The Neck above, or Upper Neck. 



The Back, or Mantle. 



Scapular Wing-covers. 



Lower Back, or Tergum. 



The Shoulder. 



Body, or Lower Breast. 



The Belly. 



The Vent. 



The Tail Feathers. 



The Under Tail-covers. 



Spurious Quills. 



Secondary Quills, or Secondaries 



Primary Quills, or Primaries. 



The Shoulder Margin. 



Wing-covers. 



Under-surface, or Under-part of 



the Body. 

 The Tarsus, or Leg. 

 The Front Toes. 

 The Hinder Toe, or Hallux. 

 Upper Tail-covers. 



