GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TEEMS. 



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W. 



Wal'nut Brown, n. A deep warm brown color, like heart-wood of the 



black walnut. (Sepia + purple madder.) (Plate III. fig. 7.) 

 War'bler Green, n. (See Olive- Green.) (Plate X. fig. 18.) 

 Wasb/ed (L. qffla'tus; perfu'sus ; lava'tus),a. Thinly overlaid with a 



different color. 

 Wat'tle (L. pa'lea; verru'ca), n. A pendulous, somewhat fleshy cutaneous 



flap, usually brightly colored, and often more or less wrinkled, as the 



" dewlap " of a turkey and the " gills " of the domestic cock. 

 Wa'ved (L. undula'tus), a. Marked with narrow undulating lines of color. 

 Wax Yellow (L. cera'ceus), n. A deep but dull yellow, resembling the 



color of fresh bees-wax. (Winsor & Newton's "aureolin," or Schoen- 



feld's "gelber krapplack.") (Plate VI. fig. 7.) 

 Web (L. pogo'nium), n. Either lateral half of the vane of a feather, 



exclusive of the shaft. 

 Wedge-shaped (L. cunea'tus), a. A wedge-shaped tail has the middle 



pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, 



all more or less attenuate. (Plate XIV. fig. 13.) 

 Whis'kered (L. mystaca'lis; barba'tus), a. Ornamented by lengthened 



feathers on the malar region or contiguous portions of the head. 

 Wine Pur'ple (L. vina'c.eo-purpu'reus), n, A clear reddish purple of a 



slightly brownish cast. (Madder carmine -j- violet madder.) (Plate 



VIII. fig. 15.) 

 Wood Brown, n. A light brown color, like some varieties of wood. 



(Raw umber -f- burnt sienna -j- white.) (Plate III. fig. 19.) 



X. 



Xiph'oid, a. Sword-shaped. 



Y. 



Yel'low O'chre, n. A bright yellowish ochraceous or ochre-yellow color. 

 (Yellow ochre.) (Plate V. fig. 9.) 



