626 OHIO BIRDS. 



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Palcearctic. Indigenous to the northern parts of the Eastern Hemisphere. 



Palceogean. Indigenous to the Eastern Hemisphere, or " Old World." 



Palatal, Palatine. Pertaining to the palate ; palatine is said especially of certain bones. 



Palate. Roof of mouth. 



Palmate, Palmated, Palmiped. Web-footed ; having the anterior toes full- webbed. 



Palpebral. Pertaining to the eyelids. ' 



Papilla. Small fleshy, nipple-like prominences. 



Papillate, Papillose. Having papillse . 



ParagnatTious. Having both mandibles of equal length, their tips meeting. 



Parasitic. Habitually making use of other birds' nests. 



Parotid. Pertaining to the ear. Especially a salivary gland situated near the ear. 



Pasaeres. A group of birds including sparrovrs and all the higher birds. 



Pectinate. Having tooth-like projections like those of a comb. 



Pectoral. Pertaining to the breast. 



Perforate. Pierced through (especially of the nostrils when without a septum). 



Pervious. Open. Used synonymous with ^er/ocaie in respect of the nostrils, but better 

 restricted to the opposite of impervious or closed (as to an external opening). 



Phalanx, pi. phalanges. Commonly any bone of a finger or toe. 



Pinnated. Having little wing- like tufts of feathers on the neck. 



Polygamous. Mating with more than one female, like the domestic cook. 



Postorlital. Situate behind the eye. 



Powder-down Feathers. Peculiar imperfect feathers, in a matted patch, which grow con- 

 tinually, and as constantly break down, with a scurfy exfoliation, and pervaded with 

 a greasy substance ; they are especially conspicuous in the heron tribe but are found 

 elsewhere. 



PrcBceees. An obsolete group of birds, able to run about and feed themselves at birth. 



Primary, pi. primaries. Any one of the (usually ten, often nine, rarely eleven) large stiff 

 quills growing upon the pinion or hand-bone, as distinguished from the secondaries 

 which grow upon the forearm. They form the tip of the wing and much of its 

 surface. 



Protractile, Froirusile. Susceptible of being thrust forward or out, as the tongue of most 

 woodpeckers. 



Psilopcedes. A group of psilopsedic birds, distinguished by being born weak and helpless, 

 fed and reared in the nest. 



Psilopcedic. Having down growing only from the future pterylse, as the precursor of the 

 futtire plumage, to which it is subsequently affixed for a while and then falls off. 



Pterylosis. Plumage, considered with reference to its distribution on the skin. 



PtilopcBdie. Clothed at birth with floccus. 



Punctate. Dotted ; pitted ; studded with points. 



Pygopodes. A group of birds distinguished by the far backward position, and deep 

 burial, in common integument, of the legs. 



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Beourved. Bent regularly and gradually upward. 

 Reflected. Turned backwards. 



Reflection. Play of color changing in different lights. 

 Bemiges. Quills of the wing. 



