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under the auspices of many of the nobility and gentry, is 

 already, although of very recent formation, in vigorous 

 activity, and to which the learned Secretary, Mr. Vigors, 

 is lending liis powerful assistance ; and the Marquis of 

 Lansdowne, as President, his countenance and support. 



Nor, lastly, should the collection of Living Birds at 

 Exeter Change be omitted. Among which is a large fe- 

 male African Ostrich; various Vultures ; the Demoiselle 

 Heron ; Pelicans ; several Emeus, which were bred in 

 his Majesty's establishment in Windsor Park ; and other 

 liviug ornithological curiosities. 



It is scarcely necessary to add, that the Latin word, 

 Genera, is used throughout this work for the plural of genus, 

 the same as it is in that language. Notwithstanding my 

 endeavours to the contrary, some terms have almost imper- 

 ceptibly glided into the work which may require explanation 

 to the uninitiated reader; I have therefore added a Glossary 

 of such words, and have also given the meaning of the terms 

 adopted by Mr. Vigors, and mentioned above in explana- 

 tion of the Quinary arrangement. 



In stud)ing scientific works on ornithology, it will be 

 useful to know the terms which are applied to the different 

 parts of the bodies of birds; they are as follow : 



The Head, Caput, consists of the Bill, Rostrum; the 



ostrils, Nares ; the Cere or Wax, Cera; the Tongue, 

 Lingua ; the Face, Capistrum ; the Forehead, Frons ; the 

 Crown, Vertex; the Hindhead, Occiput ; the Crest, Crista; 

 the Eyes, Oculi ; the Eyebrows, Supercilia; the Ca- 

 runcules, Caruncidce ; the Lore, Lorum ; the Orbits, Or- 

 litm ; the Cheeks, Gence ; the Temples, tempora ; the Ears, 

 Aures ; the Beard, Barba. 



Of the Neck, Collum; the Nape, Nucha; the hind 

 part of the Neck, Occiput; Chin, Gula ; Throat, Jugulum. 



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