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29. Tail-feathers or rectrices. 



30. Under tail-coverts. 



31. Tarsus. 



32. Hind toe or liist too or hallux. 



33. Innt'r or second top. 



34. Middle or third toe. 



35. Outer or fourth too. 



Flanks or sides of bod}' are the parts 

 approximately covered by the closed 

 wing. 



Axillarios are the lengthen feathers 

 springing from the axilla or region be- 

 neath the base of the wing. 



Supplementary bristles or hairs arc 

 those springing from the side of the 

 forehead in front of the rictal bristles. 



Naral bristles or hairs are those 

 springing from the front of the forehead 

 and covering the nostrils. 



Measurements should be taken in 

 raillimeteres or in English inches and 

 decimals, thus: 



Length— 'The distance from the tip of 



the bill to the tip of the longest tail- 

 feather, unless otherwise stated. 



Tail — The distance from the root of 

 ihf tail, generally indicated both in the 

 fresh and dried state by the presence of 

 a piece of ilesh on the underside, to the 

 tip of the longest feather. 



H7//.(7— The greatest distance from 

 the bend of the wing to the tip of the 

 longest primary, measured straight. 

 When the wing is curved, it is flattened 

 out for the puepose of measurement. 



Tamus—'Tha distance from the centre 

 of articulation of the tarsus with the 

 tihia to the Imse of the middle toe. 



Hill — The distance from the angle of 

 the gape to the tip. measured straight. 



The Status of the Family Laniidae in 

 Western New York. 



Hitherto the status of the Shrike fam- 

 ily in VVe-itern N«^w York, and for that 

 matter, throughout the northern por- 



