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BIRDS. 



Class II. 



EXPLANATION of some technical terms 



IN ORNITHOLOGY USED IN THIS WORK, AND 

 BY LlNNiEUS. 



Rostrum uncinatum 



- - - - cultratum 



- - - - sululutum 



unguiculatum 



- — - emarginatum 



i 

 Kares tineares 



- - marginatce 

 Cere 



Vibrissa 



Lingua inlegra 

 ciliata 



XlOOKED bill, such as is seen in 

 fig. 16- i- 



Cultrated. When the edges of the 

 bill are very sharp, such as in that of 

 the Crow. 



Awl shaped ; a term which Lin- 

 nceus uses for a straight and slender 

 hi\\, fig. 17. 



A bill with a nail at the end, as in 

 those of the Goosanders and Ducks. 



Emarginated, when there is a 

 small notch near the end of the 

 bill; this is conspicuous in that of 

 Thrushes, fig. 5. 



When the nostrils are very narrow, 

 as in Sea-gulls. 



With a rim round the nostrils, as 

 in the Stare. 



The naked skin that covers the base 

 of the bill in the Hawk kind, fig. 

 l6.c. 



Stiff hairs at the base of the bill ; 

 in some birds simple, as in the Fly- 

 catcher^g. 6. ; in others pectinated, 

 or comb-like, as in the Goat-sucker. 



The tongue entire, or not cloven. 



When the tongue is edged in fine 

 bristles, as in Ducks. 



