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GLOSSARY OP TERMS, 



Snatcher. A bird of prey : a 

 raptorial bird* 



Sqnamiform* Shaped like 

 scale?. 



Sternum* The breast bone* 



Stri'gid. A bird of the Owl 

 tribe. 



Strigidts. Birds of the Owl tribe, 



Struthiones. Ostriches: 

 birds of the Ostrich tribe, 



Struthion'id* A bird of the 

 Ostrich tribe. 



Strut hionidee. Birds of the 

 Ostrich tribe* 



Stmthious. Having tiie quali- 

 ties of the Ostrich tribe. 



Stur'nid. A bird of the Starl- 

 ing tribe. 



Sturnidce. Birds of the Starling 

 tribe. 



Subarched. Somewhat arched. 



Subconic. Somewhat conic. 



Subcrested. Somewhat crested. 



Subcylindric. Somewhat cy- 

 lindrical. 



Subincurved. Somewhat in- 

 curved. 



Subulate. Awl=.shaped~ 



Syl'viad. A bird of the Warbler 

 tribe. 



Sylviadce. Birds of the Warbler 

 tribe. 



Tenu'irost. A bird having a 

 slender bill. 



Tenuirostres. Birds having 

 slender bills. 



Tertials. The .smallest quill 

 feathers of the wing* 



Tetraon'id. A bird of the 

 Partridge and Grouse tribe. 



TetraomdtE . Birds of the Par- 

 tridge and Grouse tribe. 



Textor. A weaver, 



Thoiacic duct. That tube or 

 vessel which conveys the nu- 

 triment from the absorbents 

 to the blood. 



To'did. A bird of the Tody 

 tribe. 



TodidfB. Birds of the Tody 

 tribe. 



Tro'chilid. A humming-bird, 



Trochilidee* Humming-birds. 



Truncate* Appearing lopped 

 or shortened* 



Vertebrce, The bones of the 

 back and neck. 



Vinaceous. Having the colour 

 of grape leaves, pale dull 

 green. 



Viscera. The plural of Viscus. 



Viscus. A bowel or entrail : it 

 is, however, used by auato- 

 mists in a more extensive 

 signification than this ; the 

 heart is called a viscus ; and 

 we frequently hear of the 

 thoracic, as well as abdominal 

 viscera. 



Vul'turid. A bird of the Vul- 

 ture tribe. 



Vulturidee. Birds of the Vul- 

 ture tribe. 



Wax. The membrane covering 

 the base of the bill ; the ceve~ 



