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OENITHOLOGISTS' COMPENDIUM. 



Straw-color, 

 Straw YeHow, 



Pertaining to or having characteris- 



> a. Shaped like a peg or pin. 



(L. strami'neus), n. A very light impure yellow, like 

 cured straw. (Aureolin -f- white.) (Plate VI. 

 fig 17.) 



Streak, n. A narrow longitudinal color-mark ; a narrow stripe. 

 Stri'a (L,; pi. stria), n. A streak. 



o* •/ + !i ( (k- stria'tus), a. Streaked, 

 otri cited, ) 



Stri'dent (L. stri'dens), a. Shrill. 



Stri'ges (L., plural of Strix), n. The name given to the Owl-tribe by 



those who consider these birds as constituting a distinct order. 

 Stri'gine, a. Owl-like ; pertaining to or having characteristics of the Owl 



family (Strigidoz). 

 Stripe (L. pla'ga), n. A broad, longitudinal color-mark; a broad streak. 

 Struthio'nes (L.), n. The ordinal name of the Ostrich-tribe. 

 Struthio'nine (L. struthioni'nus), a. 



tics of the Ostrich tribe (Struthiones) 

 Stru'thious, a. Ostrich-like. 

 StyTiform (L. stylifor'mis), 

 Styloid (L. styloi'deus), 



_ , , ', > (L. subarcua'tus), a. Slightly arched. 

 Subarc'uated, ) v " & J 



Sub-ba'sal (L. subba'salis), a. Near the base. 



Sub-caud'al (L. subcavda'lis), a. Beneath the tail. 



Sub-class (L. subclas'sis), n. A group often recognized, having taxonomic 

 rank -intermediate between a class and an order. 



Subfam'ily (L. subfami'lia), n. A subdivision of a family including one 

 or more genera. 



Subge'nus, n. A subdivision of a genus, of indefinite value, and fre- 

 quently not recognized by name except in the grouping of species. 



Sub-malar, a. Beneath the malus, or malar region, as a sub-malar 

 streak. (Plate XII. fig. 20.) 



Sub-or'bital, a. Beneath the eye. (Plate XII. fig. 21.) 



Sub-or'der (L. subor'do), n. A group intermediate m taxonomic rank 

 between an order and a family. 



Sub-spe'cies, n. A nascent species ; a variation, usually geographical, 

 of a species, but not accorded full specific rank on account of the 

 incompleteness of its differentiation; hence, usually a geographical 

 race, or form. 



Subtyp'ical, a. Not quite typical ; somewhat aberrant. 



Sub'ulate (L. subula'tus), a. Awl-shaped. 



Suffu'sion, n. A running together of colors. 



Sul'cate (L. sulca'tus), a. Grooved. 



Sul'cus (L.), n. A groove. 



SuPphur Yellow (L. sulphu'reus), n. A very pale pure yellow color, less 

 orange in tint than dilute gamboge or lemon-yellow. (Winsor & 

 Newton's lemon-yellow, or Schoenf eld's gelber ultramarin.) (Plate 

 VI. fig 14.) 



