520 



'45444343414039 38 37 36 35 34 33 



31 30 29 3? 



Fie, 452.— Topooraphy of a bird. 1. forehf^ad (fron-^ ; 2. lore; 3, clrcumomlar 

 region ; 4, crown ivftrtex) : 5, eye: K bind head <'>'-'-lp"t' ; 7. nape {nuch'i : S. hind 

 neck (cerr.ix') • 9, side of necb ; 10, interscapnlar recion : 11. d-'n'um or b ick pr^ iper. 

 Including 10; 12, notmum. or upper part of bod v prnpt-r, includ'ne 10 11 and 13; 

 13, rump (uropyqium'): 14, npper tail roverts; 1'^. tail ; 16. nnder tail covert? : IT. 

 tarsus ; 18. abdomen : 19. bind toe Ctal^ij-r) ; ■2i1. nnafr'-furo. incud n^ IS and 24 : -21. 

 outer or fonrth toe ; 32. middle or tbird toe : 23. -ide of the body ; -24, brea-t - /j'-'^fi/^J; 

 25. primaries ; 26, secondaries : 27. tertiarie^. No-. 25. 26. 27 'an- nil '-u,hit^: 28- 

 primary coverts ; 29. (j^^Aa. or bastard wing ; :iO. greater rovert^ : 31. median coverts ; 

 32, lesser covert* : 33. tbe "throat." inclnlinir 34, 37 and %^ ; :i4. j'-r/./hnn. or lower 

 tbroat: 35, auricolars : 36, malar region; ^,gnia ormiidl^ throat; 3S. mfot^'im or 

 chin ; 39, angle of commissure, or comer of mouth ; -liX nimn- <\{ nnder man- 

 dible ; 41, side of nnder mandible : 42. gonys; 43. op^:r. or tip . f hill ; 44. 'om'.n, or 

 cutting edges of the bill; 45, c-ilmen, or ridse of npper nundilil*-. c.^rrc-ponding to 



f:ony8 ; 46, side of upper mandible ; 47. nostril ; 4S, passes across the bill a little in 

 rout of its face.— From Coues's Key. 



