Class II. 



Lingua lumlriciformis 

 Lorum 



Oibita 

 Capistrum 



Nucha 



Pennce scapulares 



Alula spuria 

 Teclrices primce 



secandos 



Remiges primores 



secundaria; 



BIRDS. 



When the tongue is long, round 

 and slender like a worm, as that of 

 the Woodpecker. 



The space between the bill and 

 the eye generally covered with fea« 

 thers ; but in some birds naked, as in 

 the black and white Grebe^g. 17. a. 

 Orbits. The skin that surrounds 

 the eye, which is generally bare, par- 

 ticularly in the Heron, Jig. 16. e. 



A word used by Linnceus to express 

 the short feathers on the forehead, 

 just above the bill. In Crows these 

 fall forwards over the nostrils, Jig. 

 \Q.d. 



The hind part of the head, Jig. 

 16. a. 



Scapular feathers, that rise from 

 the shoulders, and cover the sides of 

 the back, Jig. 15. 



Bastard wing, a small joint rising 

 at the end of the middle part of the 

 wing, or the cubitus ; on which are 

 three or five feathers, Jig. 7. 



Lesser coverts of the wings, the 

 small feathers that lie in several rows 

 on the bones of the wings. The 

 Under coverts are those that lie inside 

 of the wing,^g. 8. 



Greater coverts, the feathers that 

 lie immediately over the quil-fea- 

 thers and secondary feathers, Jig. 9. 



Greater quil-feathers. The largest 

 feathers of the wings, or those that 

 rise from the first bone, Jig. 10. 



Lesser quil-feathers, those that rise 

 from the second bone,^. 11. 



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