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OKNITHOLOGISTS' COMPENDIUM. 



' laque ponceau.") (Plate VII. 

 The hinder half of a hird, ahove 



Postoc'ular (L. postocul'aris), 

 Postor'bital (L. postor'bitalis) , 



Pop'py Red, n. A very intense red color, intermediate between ver, 



milion and carmine. (Bourgeois's 



%• 9.) 

 Posterior (Upper or Lower) Parts, n. 



or below. 

 Posterior Toe, n. In most birds, the hallux, or hind toe. In some, 



however, one of the "anterior" toes is directed backward, and also 



becomes a posterior, or hind, toe. 



Back of, or posterior to, the eye. 

 The former is most used. (Plate XII. 

 fig- 17.) 

 Powder-down Featb/ers, n. Peculiar, imperfect feathers, which grow 



in matted patches, usually on the interspaces between the true 



feather-tracts ; characterized by a greasy texture and scurfy exfolia- 

 tion. They are particularly characteristic of the Heron tribe (Ardeidce), 



but are found in other groups also. 

 Pfaeco'ces (L.), n. A more or less artificial group of birds, whose young 



run about and feed themselves immediately after emerging from the 



egg. The group is composed of the orders Gallinece, Limicolce, Alec- 



iorides, Anseres, Pygopodes, and Struthiones. 

 Praeco'cial, a. Having the nature of, or pertaining to, the Prcecoces. 

 Pressiros'tral, a. Pertaining to the Pressirostres. 

 Pressiros'tres (L.), n. The systematic name of a Cuvierian artificial 



group of grallatorial birds with hard and compressed bill, comprising 



the Plovers, Cranes, etc. 

 Pri'mary (L. rem'iges prima' rice) , n. Any one of the quill- feathers of the 



" hand-wing," usually nine to eleven in number. Used chiefly in the 



plural, as distinguished from the secondaries, or those remiges which 



grow upon the forearm. (Plate XL) 

 Pri'mary Cov'erts (L. tec' trices prima' rice), n. The series of stiff feathers, 



usually corresponding with the primaries in their graduation, which 



overlie the basal portion of the latter. (Plate XL) 

 Prim'rose Yel'low (L. primula' ceo- fla'vus), n. A very delicate pale 



yellow, of a more creamy tint than sulphur-yellow. (Pale cadmium + 



white.) (Plate VI. fig. 13.) 



Proce'res ) 



p , . ' > (L.), n. A name given by Eliger to the Struthiones. 



Protrac'tile, ) a. Capable of being thrust forward or elongated, as the 



Protru'sile, ) tongue of a Woodpecker or a Humming-bird. 



Prout's Brown n. A medium brown color, or the typical brown, com- 

 posed of equal proportions of green and red. (Madder carmine -f- 

 vermilion + pale cadmium -f- Italian ultramarine ; or, Winsor & 

 Newtou's "Prout's brown.") (Plate III. fig. 11.) 



Prune Pur'ple, n. A dark reddish-purple color, darker and duller than 

 dahlia purple. (Purple madder -f violet madder.) (Plate VIH. 

 fig. 1.) 



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