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allied forms. (In taxonomic value a genus ranks next below a 

 subfamily. ) 



Gen'ys (L.), n. (Same as Gonys, which see.) 



Geographical Race, n. (See Race.) 



Geographical Variation, n. Modification of form or coloration accord- 

 ing to change of locality or country. (The majority of widely dis- 

 tributed species are more or less affected by geographical variation, 

 from varying influences of climate and other surroundings. Many 

 species have evidently sprung from Geographical Races through the 

 extermination of intermediate specimens, or, in the case of remote 

 islands, by long and complete isolation from the parent stock.) 



Gera'nium Pink, n. A lighter tint of geranium red. (Plate VII. fig. 19.) 



Gera'nium Red (L. carthami'nus), n. The purest possible red color, or 

 a red which combined with yellow will produce a pure orange, and 

 with blue a pure purple. It is less orange in tint than scarlet. (Rose 

 carthame or safnorroth.) (Plate VII. fig. 7.) 



„., /, ' t (E. qibbo'sus), a. Swollen. 

 Gib bous, ) v * " 



Gibbos'ity, n. A swelling, or rounded protuberance. 



Gla'brous (L. gla'brus), a. Smooth. 



Gla'cial (L. glacia'lis), a. Pertaining to ice. 



Glauces'cent (L. glauces'cens), a. Inclining to Glaucous. 



Glau'cous (L. glau'cus), a. or n. A whitish blue color, like the "bloom" 



of a cabbage-leaf. (Black -f- Antwerp blue -f white.) (Plate IX. 



fig. 19.) 

 Glau'cous Green (L. glau'co-vir'idis), n. (Viridian -(-white.) (See plate 



X. fig. 17.) 

 Gnathid'ium (L. : pi. gnathid'ia), n. The branch or rhamus of the lower 



jaw, as far as it is covered by the horny sheath. (Chiefly used in 



the plural.) 

 Gol'den Yellow (E. au'reo-fla'vus ; au'reus), n. A very intense yellow 



color, like the paler tints of the pigment called Jaune d'Or (that is, 



golden yellow), which, however, in its deeper tint becomes an intense 



orange. 

 Go'nys (L.), n. The keel or lower outline of the maxilla or lower man- 

 dible, from the tip to the point where the rhami begin to diverge. 



(Plate XII. fig. 6.) 

 Gorg'et, n. An ornamented throat-patch, distinguished by color or 



texture of feathers, as the gorget of a Humming-bird. 

 Gra'dient (L. gra'diens), a. Walking or running by steps. (Same as 



ambulatory, but preferable to that term.) 

 G d' d ^ L ' 9 radua ' lus )> a - A graduated tail has the middle feathers 

 Cjra ua e , j i on g e st, the rest successively shorter; the difference in 



ra ua e, ^ length not so great, however, as in a cuneate tail. 

 Grallato'res, ) (E.), n. An arbitrary and artificial group of the older 

 Grallato'rise, ) classifications, including the wading birds. 



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