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GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TEEMS. 



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Ter'tials, 

 Ter'tiaries, 



Tenuiros'tres (L.), n. An obsolete and exceedingly artificial group of 



birds embracing various slender-billed forms. 

 Te'rete, a. Cylindrical and tapering ; fusiform. 

 Terminal (L. termina'lis), a. At the end. 

 Terminally, ad. Toward the end. 

 Terminological, a. Pertaining to terminology. 

 Terminorogy, n. The science of calling things by their right names, 



according to fixed or scientific principles ; hence, essentially synony- 

 mous with Nomenclature. 

 Terre-verte' Green, n. A dull green color, like that produced by the 



pigment of the same name. (Terre-verte.) (Plate X. fig. 3.) 



n. Properly, the inner quills of the wing, growing from 

 the elbow or humerus, and usually more or less con- 

 cealed (in the closed wing) by the longer scapulars. 

 Frequently, however, the graduated inner secondaries 

 are incorrectly so called, especially when distinguished, 

 as they very often are, by different color, size, or shape. 

 (Plate XI.) 



Tes'sellated (L. tessella'tus), a. Checkered. 

 Testa'ceous (L. testa'ceus), n. or a. (Same as brick-red.) (Plate IV. 



fig. 11.) 

 Tetradac'tyle (L. tetradac'tylus), a. Four-toed. (Most birds are tetradac- 



tyle.) ' 

 Theory, n. Scientific speculation, based upon inference from established 



principles. 

 Thorac'ic (L. thora'cicus) , a. Pertaining to the thorax, or chest. 

 Tho'rax (L.), n. The chest, or breast. 

 Throat (L. Gu'la), n. In descriptive Ornithology, the space between the 



rami of the lower jaw, including also a small portion of the upper 



part of the foreneck. (Plate XI.) 

 Thy'roid (L. thyroi'des), a. Shield-shaped. 

 Tib'ia (L.), n. In Osteology, the principal bone of the leg, between the 



knee and the heel ; but in descriptive Ornithology, the so-called 



" thigh," or shin. (Plate XL) 

 Tib'ial (L. tibia'lis), a. Pertaining to the tibia. 



Tile Red (L. testa'ceus), n. (Same as brick red.) (Plate IV. fig. 11.) 

 Tinamomorph'ae (L.), n. The " Tinamou-form," equivalent to the 



Dromceo'gnathai of Huxley. 

 To'mium (L. ; pi. to'mia), n. The cutting-edge of the mandibles, that of 



the upper being the maxillary tomium, that of the lower the mandibular 



tomium. 

 Tor'quate (L. torqua'tus), a. Collared. 

 Totipal'mate (L. totipalma'tus), a. Having the hind-toe united to the 



anterior toes by a web on one side, as in the Pelicans and other Ste- 



(janopodes. (Same as Steganopodous.) 

 Totipal'mi (L.), n. (Same as Steganopodes, which see.) 



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