176 PRACTICAL TAXIDERMY. 



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ORNITHOLOGICAL PARTS OF A BIRD. 



. The Breast. 



. The Neck above, or Upper Neck. 



. The Back, or Mantle. 



, Scapular Wing-covers. 



, Lower Back, or Tergum. 



The Shoulder. 



Body, or Lower Breast. 

 . The Belly. 

 . The Vent. 



The Tail Feathers. 

 . The Under Tail-covers. 



Spurious Quills. 

 . Secondary Quills, or Secondaries. 

 . Primary Quills, or Primaries. 

 . The Shoulder Margin. 

 . Wing-covers. 



. Under-surface, or Under-part of 

 the Body. 



The Tarsus, or Leg. 

 . The Front Toes. 



The Hinder Toe, or Hallux. 



Upper Tail-covers. 



