GLOSSARY. 



CALCAREOUS. Chalky. 



CANTHUS. Corner of the eye where the lids meet. 



CAROTID. The principal blood vessel of the neck. 



CARPAL ANGLE. Prominence at the wrist joint when wing is closed. 



From this point to the end of the longest quill constitutes the "length 



of wing." 

 CERE. Fleshy covering of the base of the bill. 

 CERVICAL. Pertaining to the hind neck. 

 CHIN. Space between the forks of the lower jaws. 

 CLAVICLE. Collar bone. 



COMMISSURE. Line where the two mandibles meet. 

 CRISSUM. Under tail-coverts. ' 

 CULMEN. Ridge of upper mandible. 

 CUNEATE. Wedge-shaped. A cuneate tail has the middle feathers longest. 



D 



DECIDUOUS. Temporary; falling early. 

 DECOMPOSED. Separate; standing apart. 

 DENTIROSTRAL. Having the bill toothed or notched. 

 DL\GNOSTIC. Distinctively characteristic. 

 DORSAL. Pertaining to the back. 



E 



EMARGINA.TE. Notched at the end ; slightly forked. 

 ERYTHRISM. A peculiar reddish state of plumage. 



F 



FALCATE. Sickle-shaped. 



FEMORAL. Pertaining to the thigh. 



FERRUGINOUS. Rusty-red. 



FISSIROSTRAL. Having the bill cleft far beyond the base of its horny 



part. 

 FORFICATE. Deeply forked. 

 FULIGINOUS. Sooty-brown. 

 FULVOUS. Of a brownish-yellow color. 

 FURCATE. Forked. 

 FUSCOUS. Of a dark grayish-brown color. 



GIBBOUS. Swollen ; protuberant. 



GONYS. Keel or lower outline of the bill so far as united. 

 GRADUATED. Changing length at regular intervals. 

 GULAR. Pertaining to the upper fore neck. 

 GUTTATE. Having drop-shaped spots. 





