376 GLOSSARY. 



Sub (in composition) — Less than; somewhat; not quite; under, 

 etc. 



Suffrago—Heel joint; tihio — tarsal joint. 



S-uh-wmdal — Under the tail. 



8vi)-opercle — The bone immediately below the opercle. 



Sub-orhital — Below the eye. 



Sub ulate — ^Awl-shaped. 



Superciliary/ — Pertaining to the region of the eyebrow. 



Supra-orbital — Above the eye. 



Syndactyle — Having two toes immovably united for some distance 

 ^as in the Kingfisher. 



Synonym — A different word having the same or a similar meaning. 



Tail — In mammals, the vertebrae, etc., posterior to the sacrum ; in 

 birds, the tail-feathers or rectrices, taken collectively ; in ser- 

 pents, the part of the body posterior to the vent ; in fishes 

 (usually), the part of the body posterior to the anal fin. 

 (Everywhere used more or less vaguely.) 



Tail Coverts — ^The small feathers overlapping the bases of the 

 rectrices. 



Tan'so-metatarsus — The correct name for the so-called tarsus of 

 birds ; the bone reaching from the tibia to the toes, composed 

 chiefly of the metatarsus, but having at its top one of the 

 small tarsal bones confluent with it. 



Tarsus — The ankle-bones collectively; in birds, commonly used 

 for the shank-bone, lying between the tibia and the toes, the 

 tarso-nietatarsus. 



Teotriees — The wing and tail coverts. 



Temporal — Pertaining to the region of the temples. 



Tenuirostral — Slender-billed. 



Terete — Cylindrical and tapering. 



Terminal — ^At the end. 



Tertials — The quills attached to the humerus. 



Tessellated — Marked with little checks or squares, like mosaic 

 work. 



Thoracic — Pertaining to the chest; ventral fins are thoracic when 

 attached immediately below the pectorals, as in the perch. 



Tibia — Shin-bone ; inner bone of leg between knee and heel. 



Tomivm, — Cutting edge of the bill. 



TotipaVmate — Having all four toes connected by webbing. 



Tragus — ^The inner lobe of the ear ; the lobe opposite the auiicle. 



