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A'nal region (L. re'gio-ana'lis), n. The feathers immediately surrounding 

 the anus. (Plate XL) 



Analogical, a. Having analogy. 



Analogue, n. Anything having analogy with another. Thus, the 

 Cathartidce are the New World analogues of the Old World vultures. 



Analogous, a. Having analogy. 



Analogy, n. Superficial or general resemblance, without structural agree- 

 ment, or affinity; the resemblance between the Cathartidce (New 

 World Vultures) and the Vultures of the Old World (Falconidce) is 

 purely one of analogy. 



Anal'ysis, n. In the usual natural history sense, the definition of species 

 or higher groups by a tabular arrangement of characters, usually 

 antithetical, with subdivisions under appropriate headings. 



Analyt'ic, \ °* An ai } al, J tical table is a tabular arrangement of anti- 



Analyt'ical ) thetical characters, distinguishing genera, species, or 



' ( higher groups. 



An'atine (L. anati'nus), a. Duck-like. 



Ancip'ital, a. Two-edged ; double-edged. 



Angle of Chin (L. an'gulus menta'lis), n. The anterior point of the space 

 between the rhami of the lower jaw. (See Mental Apex. Plate XII 

 fig. 4.) 



Anisodac'tylcE (L.), n. The name of a group of birds having three 

 toes in front and one behind. 



Anisodac'tylous (L. anisodac'tylus), a. Having three toes in front and 

 one behind. 



Anisopo'gonous, a. Said of a feather when the two webs are of unequal 

 breadth. 



An'notine (L. annoti'nus), n. A bird one year or less old, or which has 

 moulted but once. (Little used.) 



An'nular (L. anmda'ris),,a. Ringed. 



Anomalogona'tae (L.), n. A primary subdivision of the order Euripidura, 

 proposed by A. H. Garrod. 



Ano'malous (L. ano'malus), a. Very unusual; strange; abnormal. 



An'serine (L. anseri'nus), a. Goose-like. 



An'te (in composition). Anterior to, or before; as anteorbital, ante- 

 ocular, etc. 



Ante'rior, a. Forward; in front of. 



An'thine (L. anthi'nus), a. Pipit-like. 



Antithesis, n. An opposition of words or sentences distinguishing at a 

 glance the diagnostic characters of two or more groups or species. 



Antithetic, ) ' 



Antithetical ) °' Lontrasted b J r > or pertaining to, antitheses. 



Antrorse', a. Directed forward, as the nasal tufts of most jays and crows, 



and the rictal bristles of many birds. 

 Ant'werp Blue, n. A very rich and intense blue color, similar to but 



purer than Prussian Blue. (Plate IX. fig. 10.) 

 A'pex (L. ; pi. a'pices), n. The tip or point of anything. 



