A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 

 USED IN T THIS WORK. 



^* A few other words of rather uncommon occurrence mill also be 

 found in the preceding pages, but, as they hive a place in Todd's 

 Johnson's Dictionary, it lias been thought unnecessary to 

 explain them in this glossary. The anglicized words are 

 accented. 



Birds of the Duck 

 A bird of the Heron 

 Birds of the Heron 



Al'cad. A bird of the auk tribe. 



Alcada. Birds of the (tuft tribe. 



Alerabical. Having the shape 

 of an alembic. 



Anat/id. AbirdoftheDi/c/ctribe, 



Anatidee. 

 iribe. 



Ai'deid. 

 tribe. . 



Ardeida. 

 trilre. 



Aves. Birds. 



Bombyelne. Silky, formed of 

 siik. 



Bu'cerid. A bird of the Horn- 

 bill tribe. 



Buceridte. Birds of the Horn- 

 bill tribe. 



Capistrum. The face. 



Caprimul'^id. A bird of the 

 Goat-sucker tribe. 



Caprimulgidce. Birds of the 

 Goatsucker tribe. 



Carinate. Formed like a keel. 



Caruncnlate. Having caruncles. 



Cere. The membrane covering 

 the base of the bill ; the wax. 



Cereless. Without a cere. 



Cer'thiaii. A bird of the Creeper 

 tribe. 



Certhindce. Birds of the Creeper 

 tribe. 



Cm- 



Cin- 



Charad'riad A bird of the Pto- 

 vei- tribe. 



Charadriadee- . Birds of the Plo- 

 ver tribe. 



Cin'nyrid. A bird of the 

 nyris or Sun bird tribe. 



Cinnyridce. Birds of the 

 nyris or Sun-bird tribe. 



Colunvbid. A bird of the Pi- 

 geon tribe. 



ColumbidcE. Birds of the Pi- 

 geon tribe. 



Colym'bid. A bird of the Diver 

 tribe. 



Colymbidce, 

 tiibe. 



Con'irost. 

 conic biH', 



Conirostres, 

 nic bills. 



Coi'vid. A bird of the Crow 'tribe. 



Corvida. Birds of the Crow tribe. 



Cra'cid. A bird of the Cur as- 

 sou? and Penelope tribp. 



Cracidee. Birds of the Curassow 

 and Penelope tribe. 



Cn'culid. A bird of the Cuckoo 

 tribe. 



CuculidcE. Birds of the Cackw 

 tribe. 



Den'tirost. A bird havin-: a 

 toothed bill. 



Birds of the Diver 



A bird having a 



Birds having co- 



