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OKNITHOLO GISTS' COMPENDIUM. 





) (L. lilaci'nus; lila'ceus), n. A light purple color, like the 

 3, ) flowers of the lilac. (Purple + white.) (PI. VIII. fig. 19.) 



Lanu'ginous (L. lanugino'sus), a. Woolly. 



Lat'eral (L. lateralis), a. Towards or on the side; pertaining to the 



side of anything. 

 Laterally, a. Sidewise ; toward the side. 

 Lav'ender (L. lavendula'ceus) , n. A very pale purplish color, paler and 



more delicate than lilac. (Violet + white.) (Plate VII. fig. 16.) 

 Lav'ender- Gray (L. lavendula'ceo-ca'nus), n. (Black -f white + smalt- 

 blue.) (Plate II. fig. 19). 

 Lead-col'or (L.plum'beus), n. (See plumbeous.) (Plate I. fig. 15.) 

 Leg, n. As generally used, synonymous with tarsus; as, "legs and feet," 



= tarsi and toes. 

 Lem'on Yel'low (L. cifreus ; citrin'us), n. A very pure light yellow color, 

 much like gamboge, but purer and richer. ( Schoenfeld's "heller 

 cadmium.") (Plate VI. fig. 11.) 

 Les'ser Wing-cov'erts (L. tec'trices mino'res), n. The smaller wing- 

 coverts, forming a more or less well-defined tract immediately anterior 

 to the middle coverts, and thence to the anterior border of the inner 

 wing. (Plate XI.) 

 Lilac, 

 Lila'ceous, 

 Lilac-Gray (L. lilaci'no-ca'nus), n. (Lamp-black + white -f cobalt blue + 



madder-carmine.) (Plate II. fig. 18.) 

 Lim'bate (L. limba'tus), a. Edged with a different color. 

 Limico'lae (L.), n. The group of shore-birds; a more or less natural 



group, embracing the Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipe, Curlew, etc. 

 Limic'oline (L. limico'lus), a. Shore-inhabiting. Pertaining to, or having 



the character of, the Limicolce. 

 Lin'ear (L. linea'ris), a. Narrow, with straight parallel edges ; line-like. 



(Plate XIV. fig. 10.) 

 Lin'eate (L. linea'tus), a. Marked with lines. 

 Lin'eolate (L. Uneola'tus) , a. Marked with little lines. 

 Lrningof the Wing, n. The under wing-coverts collectively, especially 



the lesser and middle. (Plate XIII. fig. 1.) 

 Lit'toral (L. litto'ralis ; litora'lis), a. Pertaining to the sea-shore. 

 Liv'er Brown (L. hepa'ticus), n. A dark purplish brown color, like raw 



liver. (Vermilion + black.) (Plate IV. fig. 4.) 

 Lo'bate, ) (L. loba'tus), a. Furnished with membraneous flaps, as the 

 Lobed, ) toes of a Coot (Fulica). 

 Lobe (L. lo'bus), n. A membraneous flap. 

 Long-exsert'ed, a. Said of tail-feathers when abruptly much longer 



than the rest. 

 Longipen'nes (L.), n. A group of long-winged swimming birds, for- 

 merly embracing the gulls and their allies, and the Procellariida 

 (petrels, albatrosses, and fulmars), but properly restricted to the 

 LaridcB, Rhynchopidm, and Stercorariidce. 

 Longipen'nine (L. longipen'nis), a. Pertaining to the Longipennes. 



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