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GLOSSARY OF TERMS* 



Dentirostres. Birds having 

 toothed bills. 



Expansile. Capable of being 



expanded. 

 Fal'conid. A bird of the Eagle 



or Falcon tribe. 

 Falconides. Birds of the Eagle 

 or Falcon tribe. 



Farinacea. Those vegetables, 

 particularly corn, which are 

 mealy. 



Ferruginous. Having the co- 

 lour of rusty iron. 



Filiform. Having the shape of 

 threads. 



Fis'sirost. A bird with a deft 

 or notched bill. 



Fissirostres. Birds with cleft 

 or notched bills. 



Frin'gillid. A bird of the 

 Finch tribe. 



Fringillidce. Birds of the Finch 

 tribe. 



Autescent. Shrubby. 



Fulvous. Tawny, mixed with 

 red and yellow. 



Gape. The whole extent or 

 cavity of the mouth. 



Genera. The plural of genus. 



Gralla'tor. A wading bird. 



Grallatores. Wading birds. 



Gressorial. (Gressorius.) Form- 

 ed (literalhj) for stepping; 

 but used by Lvvkeus, and 

 some other naturalists, for 

 hopping or leaping. 



Gru'id. A. bird of the Crane 

 tribe. 



Gruidas. Birds of the Crane 

 tribe. 



Gular. Belonging or attached 

 to the throat. 



Halcyon'id. A bird of the King- 

 fisher or Halcyon tribe. 



HalcyonidcE. Birds of the King- 

 fisher or Halcyon tribe. 



Hirun'dinid. A bird of the 

 Swallow tribe. 



Hirundinidce. Birds of the 

 Swallow tribe. 



Ingluvies. The crop. 



Inses'sor. A perching bird. 



Insessores. Perching birds. 



Intratropicah Being within 

 the tropics. 



Irids. The plural of Iris. The 

 coloured circles in the globes 

 of the eyes surrounding the 

 pupil. 



La'niad. A bird of the Shrike 

 tribe. 



Laniades. Birds of the Shrike 

 tribe. 



Lar'id. A bird of the Gull tribe. 



Laridce. Birds of the Gull tribe. 



Leguminous. Bearing pods. 



Liddcn. A song ; a note. 



Lobate. Divided into lobes. 



Lore. A naked skin between 

 the eye and bill. 



Lox'iad. A bird of the Gros 

 beak and Crossbill tribe. 



T,oxiad(B. Birds of the Gros- 

 beak and Crossbill tribe. 



Lunula. ) A small crescent like 



Lunule. 5 the increasing moon. 



Magnates. The great people ; 

 the nobility. 



Mammalia, s. pi. Those ani- 

 mals which suckle their 

 young, consisting chiefly of 

 Quadrupeds and Man. 



Meliphag'id. A bird of the 

 Honey-eater tribe. 



MeliphagidcE. Birds of the 

 Honey-eater tribe. 



Mer'opid. A bird of the Bee- 

 eater tribe. 



Meropidce. Birds of the Bee' 

 eater tribe. 



Mer'ulid. A bird of the Thrush 

 tribe. 



Merulidoe. Birds of the Thrush 

 tribe. 



Mongamous. Confined to one 

 sexual association. 



Muscicap'id. A bird of the 

 Fly-catcher tribe. 



Muscicapidee* Birds of the Fly- 

 catcher tribe. 



