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Ankle, the heel joint, 



Anterior, in front. 



Antrose, directed forward. 



Anus, the lower opening of the body. 



Apex, the point or upper end. 



Aquatic, pertaining to or living in the water. 



Arched, convexed. 



Auricular, pertaining to the ear, the region just above the ear. 



Avi-fauna, bird fauna. 



Axillary, belonging to the axilla or arm-pit. [The inner un- 

 der wing-coverts are called the axillary coverts.] 

 B. 



Barbs, the small branch- or hook-like portions of a feather. 



Barbules, the small branch- or hook-like portions of the barbs. 



Basal, when situated at the base. 



Bastard wing, See Alula. 



Bifid, having two divisions or parts, divided into two parts. 



Bilobate, having two lobes. 



Booted, showing a smooth, plain surface or single, large plate, 

 — neither scutellate or reticulate. 



Boreal, applied to species dwelling mostly in the far Northern 

 latitudes. 



C. 



Caniculate, furnished with a groove or channel. 



Carinate, keeled, like the inverted keel of a ship. 



Carnivorous, flesh-eating. 



Carpus, the wrist ; carpal, pertaining to the wrist. 



Caruncles, — of fowl, etc., — fleshy outgrowths. 



Caudal, pertaining to the tail. 



Cere, the naked [wax-like] membrane at the base of the bill 

 of many birds, especially of hawks, parrots, etc. 



Cervix, See Neck; cervical, pertaining to the hind neck. 



Cheeks, the sides of the head below the eye, (between the au- 

 ricular patch and basal point of the upper mandible.) 



Circular, round. 



Clavate, club-shaped. 



