GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS. 
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A'nal region (L. re' ' gio-ana'lis) , n. The feathers immediately surrounding 
the anus. (Plate XL) 
Analogical, a. Having analogy. 
An'alogue, n. Anything having analogy with another. Thus, the 
Cathartidce are the New World analogues of the Old World vultures. 
Analogous, a. Having analogy. 
Anal'ogy, n. Superficial or general resemblance, without structural agree- 
ment, or affinity; the resemblance between the Cathartidce (New 
World Vultures) and the Vultures of the Old World (Falconidce) is 
purely one of analogy. 
AnaLysis, n. In the usual natural history sense, the definition of species 
or higher groups by a tabular arrangement of characters, usually 
antithetical, with subdivisions under appropriate headings. 
( a. An analytical table is a tabular arrangement of anti- 
, .. ' -< thetical characters, distinguishing genera, species, or 
Analytical, | higher groups. 
An'atine (L. anati'nus), a. Duck-like. 
Ancip'ital, a. Two-edged ; double-edged. 
Angle of Chin (L. an'gidus menta'lis), n. The anterior point of the space 
between the rhami of the lower jaw. (See Mental Apex. Plate XII. 
fig. 4.) 
Anisodac'tylae (L.), n. The name of a group of birds having three 
toes in front and one behind. 
Anisodac'tylous (L. anisodac'tylus), a. Having three toes in front and 
one behind. 
Anisopo'gonous, a. Said of a feather when the two webs are of unequal 
breadth. 
An'notine (L. annoti'nus), n. A bird one year or less old, or which has 
moulted but once. (Little used.) 
An'nular (L. anmda'ris), a. Ringed. 
Anomalogona'tae (L.), n. A primary subdivision of the order Euripidura, 
proposed by A. H. Garrod. 
Ano'malous (L. ano'maius), a. Very unusual; strange; abnormal. 
An'serine (L. anseri'nus), a. Goose-like. 
An'te (in composition). Anterior to, or before; as anteorbital, ante- 
ocular, etc. 
Ante'rior, a. Forward ; in front of. 
An'thine (L. anthi'nus), a. Pipit-like. 
Antithesis, n. An opposition of words or sentences distinguishing at a 
glance the diagnostic characters of two or more groups or species. 
Antithet ic, ) Contrasted by, or pertaining to, antitheses. 
Antithetical,) b ' 
Antrorse 7 , a. Directed forward, as the nasal tufts of most jays and crows, 
and the rictal bristles of many birds. 
Ant'werp Blue, n. A very rich and intense blue color, similar to but 
purer than Prussian Blue. (Plate IX. fig. 10.) 
A'pex (L. ; pi. a' pices), n. The tip or point of anything. 
