GLOSSARY OE TECHNICAL TERMS. 



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Recur'ved (L. recurv'us), a. Curved upward. 



Reflected (L. reflec'tus), a. Turned backward. 



Reflection (L. reflec'tio);n. Change of color with different inclination 



to the light. 

 Refract'ed (L. refrac'tus), a. Abruptly bent, as if broken. 

 Re'gion (L. re'gio), n. Any portion of the body localized, as the anal 



region (regio analis), dorsal region (regio dorsalis), etc. 

 Re'mex (L.; pi. rem'iges), n. Any one of the longer wing-feathers. 



Used chiefly in the plural. The remiges are of two kinds ; namely, the 



primary remiges, or quills of the hand-wing, and the secondary remiges, 



or quills of the forearm. 

 Ren'iform (L. reniform'is), a. Kidney-shaped. (Plate XIV. fig. 19.) 

 Replicate, ) (L. replica'tus), a. Eolded over so as to form a groove or 

 Rep'licated, ) channel. 



Retic'ulate, ) (L. reticula'tus) , a. Marked with cross-lines like the meshes 

 Retic'ulated, ) of a net. 

 Reticula'tion, n. Net-work. 

 Retrac'tile, a. Susceptible of being drawn back and driven forward, as 



a cat's claw. 

 Retrorse' (L. retror'sus), a. Directed backward. 

 Rhach'is (L. ; pi. rhach'ides), n. The shaft of a feather, exclusive of the 



hollow basal portion, or " barrel." 

 Rhi'nal (L. rhina'lis), a. Pertaining to the nose. 



Rhomb'oid (L. rhomboid' eus), a. Lozenge-shaped. (Plate XIV. fig. 1.) 

 Ric'tal, n. Pertaining to the rictus. (Plate XII. fig. 18.) 

 Ric'tus (L.), n. The gape ; sometimes restricted to the corner of the 



mouth, or angulus oris. (Plate XII. fig. 2.) 



' (L. rosa'ceus; pal'lide-ro'seus; caryophylla' ceus) , n. Avery 

 Rosa ceous, p Ure purplish-pink color, like some varieties of roses. 



Rose Pink, (Rose carthame -f rose tyrien -f white.) (Plate VII. 



I fig. 20.) 

 Rose Pur'ple (L. rosa'ceo-purpu'reus), n. A light rosy purple hue, like 



the petals of some roses. (Madder carmine + violet ultramarine -f- 



white.) (Plate VIII. fig. 20.) 

 Rose Red (L. ro'sews; rosa'ceo-ruber), n. The purest possible purplish 



red color. (Rose carthame -f- rose tyrien.) (Plate VII. fig. 5.) 

 Ros'trum (L.), n. The beak. 

 Round'ed (L. rotunda'tus), a. A rounded tail has the central pair of 



feathers longest, the remainder successively a little shorter. A rounded 



wing is one in which the first primary is short, the longest quill being 



the third, fourth, or fifth, or one nearly midway between the first and 



last. 

 Roy'al Pur'ple (L. ianthin'us), n. A very rich intense violet color, verg- 

 ing toward blue. (Anilin violet -(-violet-ultramarine.) (Plate VIII. 



fig. 7.) 

 Ru'diment, n. A beginning. 



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