624 OHIO BIEDS. 



Inner toe. In most birds the second is the inner anterior toe ; in the trogons, the third 

 or middle toe becomes inner anterior by reversion of the second, which is then inner 

 posterior. In several birds the hallux or first or hinder toe is reversed, and becomes 

 inner anterior. But in any position the inner toe, properly speaking, is the second, that 

 one with only three joints. 



Insistent. Said of the hind toe when its base is so elevated that its tip only touches the 

 ground. 



Interramal. Between the forks or ram_i of the lower jaw. 



Interscapular. Between the shoulders. The plural interscapulars or interscapularies is 

 used to denote the feathers of such region collectively. 



Iridescent. Glittering with many colors, which change in different lights. 



J 



Jugulum. Lower throat ; lower foreneck. 



Lamella, Lamina. A thin plate or scale ; plato-like process. The processes inside a 



duck's bill are lamellse ; the individual barbs of a feather are laminae. 

 Lamellirostral. Having a lamellate bill. 



Lanceolate. Lance-head shaped; tapering narrowly at one end, less so at the other. 

 Larynx. Adam's-apple ; hollow cartilaginous organ, a modification of the windpipe either 



at the top or bottom, but especially the former ; the lower larynx being called Syrinx. 

 Lesser Wing-coverts. The smaller anterior set of secondary coverts in several series upon 



the plica alaris. 

 Linear. Narrow with straight parallel sides ; uniformly narrow for a long distance. 

 Lohate, Lohed. Faraished with membranous flaps (said chiefly of toes). 

 Lobe. Membranous flap (generally curved, but may be straight-edged). 

 Long-exserted. Said of tail-feathers abruptly much longer than the rest. 

 Loral. Pertaining to the lore. 

 Lore. Space between eye and bill. 

 Lower Wing-coverts. See Tetrices. 

 Lower Tail-coverts. See Crissum. 

 Lunulate. Narrowly cresoentio. 

 Luteous. Clay- colored. 



M 

 Maculate. Spotted. 



Mandible. Jaw. Properly the ajiSer jaw, the upper jaw being maxilla. 

 Marbling . Fine spotting and streaking intermixed ; variegation lite marble. 

 Maxilla. Jaw, especially the upper jaw. 

 Maxillar, Maxillary. Pertaining to the upp* jaw. 

 Melanism. State of coloration resulting from excess of blacker lark pigment ; a frequent 



condition of hawks. 

 Melanistic, Melanotic. Affected with melanism. 

 Membrane. Soft skinny covering of the bill of many birds is said to be mmibrantni. 



Webbing of toes is the interdigit^ membrane. 

 Mental. Pertaining to the ohin. 



Mentum. Chin. Soft parts between the branches of the lower jaw. 

 Metagnathous. Cross-billed ; having the points of the mandibles passing each other on 

 the night and left. 



