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ORNITHOLOGISTS' COMPENDIUM. 



O'vate, ( (L. ova'tus), a. Shaped like an egg which has one end more 



O'void, < pointed than the other. (Plate XIV. fig. 7 ; plate XVI 



Ovoid'al, ' fig. 1.) 



Ova'rium (L. ; pi. ova'ria), c 



O'vary (pi. ova'ries), \ n - Tbe or S an in which e gg s are developed. 



O'viduct (L.), n. The tube through which the egg passes from the 



ovary. 

 Ovip'arous, a. Producing eggs in which the young develop after 



exclusion from the body. 

 Oviposi'tion, n. Act of laying eggs. 



P. 



Palaearc'tic (L. palaiarc'ticus) , a. Pertaining to the northern portion of 



the Eastern Hemisphere, or Old World. 

 Palaeogae'an, a. Pertaining to the Eastern Hemisphere, or Old World. 

 Palaeornithorogy, n. The science of fossil birds. 

 Parama (L.), n. The web or membrane between the toes of certain 



birds. 

 Pal'atal, ) _ . . 

 Pal'atine ( a ' " ertamiD g to tne palate. 



Pal'ate (L. pal'atum), n. The roof of the mouth. 



Pal'ea (L.), n. A dewlap, or fleshy pendulous skin on the throat or chin, 



as in a Turkey or domestic fowl. 

 Pallium (L.), n. A mantle. 

 Pal'mate, f._ 7 , . „ . 



Pal'mated, ^ P almatus )> a - Having the three anterior toes full- 

 Pal'miped,' ( webDed - (Compare Semipalmate and Totipalmate.) 

 Pal'pebra (L.), n. The eyelid. 



Palpebral (L. palpebro'sus), a. Pertaining to the eyelids. 

 Pal'pebrate (L. palpebra'tus) , a. Having eyelids. 

 Palu'dicole (L. paludi'colus), a. Marsh-inhabiting. 

 Pal'udine (L. paludi'nus), ] 

 Palus'trine (L. palus'tris), \ a - Pert aining to a marsh or swamp. 



Pan'durate (L. pandura'tus), \ a . Fiddle-shaped. (Plate XIV. 



Pandu'riform (L. pandurifor'mis), ) fig. 18.) 



Pan'sy Pur'ple, n. An exceedingly rich aud very intense deep purple 

 color, li ke that of some varieties of the pansy ( Viola tricolor). (Intense 

 blue + madder carmine + rose tyrien.) (Plate VIII. fig. 5.) 



Pap'illa (L. pi. papil'lce), n. A small nipple-like elevation. 



Pap'illose (L. papillo' sus) , ) 



Papillate (L. papilla'tus), ) a - Ha ™g papilla?. 



Pap'ula (L. ; pi. pap'ulm), n. A pimple, or pimple-like elevation. 



