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market, in 1812-13, said to have been taken in a decoy near Maiden, 

 Essex. It is a native of Eastern Siberia. Its call is a sort of clucking-.* 

 BIRD. — *The external parts of a bird which require to be noticed 

 and distinguished by the naturalist, are the head, neck, body, wings, 

 tail, and legs ; which parts again are subdivided more or less minutely, 

 according to the taste of various writers on the subject. I think it will 

 be useful to younger naturalists to give an outline engraving to assist 

 them in naming these several parts.* 



1 . Maxilla s u pe r i o r, the upper mandible 

 of the bill. 



2. Maxilla inferior, the lower mandible 

 of the bill. 



3. Culmen, the ridge of the bill. 



4. Gonys, the angle or point of the under 

 mandible. 



5. Dertrum, the hook of the bill. 



6. Nares, the nostrils. 



7. Mesorhinium, the upper ridge of the 

 bill. 



8. Lorum, the bone, a naked space at the 

 base of the bill. 



9- Mentum, the chin. 

 10. Frons, the forehead. 



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11. Vertex, the crown of the head. 



12. Sinciput, the hinder part of the head. 



13. Capistrum, the face. 



14. Supercilium, the eye-brow. 



15. Regio ophthalmica, the region of the 

 eye. 



16. Tempora, the temples. 



17. Gena, the cheek. 



18. Regio parotica, the parts about the 

 ear. 



19. Collum, the neck. 



20. Cervix, the hinder part of the neck. 

 2l'. Nucha, the nape of the neck. 



22. Auchenium, the under nape of the 

 neck. 



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