XXV1 TECHNICAL TERMS. 
Feet reticulated.—When the scales appear like net-work. PI. 4. Fig. 7. 
oeeeee plated.—When the scales are large, and overlap each other like a coat 
of mail. Pl. 1. Fig. 8. 
Nostrils lateral.—Situated on each side of the central ridge of the bill. 
Sponcesee basal.—At the base of the bill. 
9000800000 ovoid.—Shaped like an egg. 
Phalanges.—The joints of the toes. 
- Tibia. —The feathered part of the leg above the tarsus, improperly called 
the Thigh. 
Toe reversible.—Capable of being turned back, as is the case with the 
outer toe of many of the Owls. 
sonces fimbriated._When its sides are furnished with a fringed-like ap- 
pendage, as in some of the Grous. 
Tomia.—The cutting edges of the bill. 
Tongue bifid. Forked towards the extremity, as in the Falcon tribe. 
e.pecc00s extensile.—Capable of protrusion to a considerable length, as in 
the Woodpeckers. 
cnoacocse lumbriciform.—Shaped and ringed like a worm, as in the Wood- 
peckers and Wryneck. 
Wings acuminated.—_Having the quill-feathers drawn to a fine point, as- 
in the Swift. 
