BIRDS. 



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in the general expreflion of under parts : In descriptions, efpecially fuch as are employ- 

 ed for deftinclive characters of the fpecies and varieties, the words above and beneath 

 are ufed, for fhortnefs, to denote the upper and under parts of the body when applied 

 generally; and fometimes they are employed particularly to fignify the upper or under 

 furfaces of the wings or tail ; but in this lafl cafe that circumftance is always fpecified. 

 When a bird is faid to be of a particular colour, it is to be underftood as expreffmg 

 the prevailing colour of the body, if particular parts be mentioned, as dhTerently co- 

 loured ; otherwife the whole plumage is to be fuppofed of the fingle colour mention- 

 ed. — T. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 



Fig. 1. Shews a bird extended, on purpofe 



a. The upper mandible. 



to explain the principal parts of the head, 



b. The under mandible. 



body, wings, and tail. 



c. The tooth-like procefs. 



a. The baftard wing. 



d. The frontlet. 



b. The leffer coverts. 



e. The front. 



c. The greater coverts. 



f. The crown. 



d. The fcapulars. 



g. The hind-head. 



e. The primary wing quills. 



h. The nape. 



f. The fecondary wing quills. 



i. The ftraps. 



g. The tertials. 



k. The temples. 



h. The rump. 



1. The cheeks. 



u The tail coverts- 



m. The chin. 



k. The tail quills. 



n. Briftles at the bafe of the bill. 



1. The moulders. 



Fig. 3. A bird's head, having a creft on the 



m. The crown. 



top of the head, and a flender crooked. 



n. The front. 



bill. 



0. The hind-head. 



Fig. 4. The head of a Pelican. 



p. The nape. 



a. The upper mandible. 



q. The chin. 



b. A claw-like procefs at the tip. 



r. The throat. 



c. A fac extended from the two fides 



s. The fcrag. 



of the under mandible. 



t. The interfcapulary region. 



d. A naked frontlet. 



Fig. 2. Shews the particular parts of the 



e. A naked orbit. 



head. 



f. A tuft or creft on the hind-head. 



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