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ORNITHOLOGISTS' COMPENDIUM. 
Lanu'ginous (L. lanugino'sus), a. Woolly. 
Lat'eral (L. lateralis), a. Towards or on the side; pertaining to the 
side of anything. 
Laterally, a. Side wise ; toward the side. 
Lav'ender (L. lavendala'ceus), n. A very pale purplish color, paler and 
more delicate than lilac. (Violet + white.) (Plate VII. fig. 16.) 
Lav'ender-Gray (L. lavendula'ceo-ca'nus), n. (Black + white -f- smalt- 
blue.) (Plate II. fig. 19). 
Lead-coror (li.plum'beus), n. (See plumbeous.) (Plate I. fig. 15.) 
Leg, n. As generally used, synonymous with tarsus ; as, " legs and feet," 
= tarsi and toes. 
Lem'on Yellow (L. cit'reus ; citn'n'us), n. A very pure light yellow color, 
much like gamboge, but purer and richer. (Schoenf eld's "heller 
cadmium.") (Plate VI. fig. 11.) 
Les'ser Wing-cov'erts (L. tec'trices mino'res), n. The smaller wing- 
coverts, forming a more or less well-defined tract immediately anterior 
to the middle coverts, and thence to the anterior border of the inner 
wing. (Plate XI.) 
Lilac, ) (L. lilaci'nus; lila'ceus), n. A light purple color, like the 
Lila'ceous, f flowers of the lilac. (Purple + white.) (PI. VIII. fig. 19.) 
Lilac-Gray (L. lilaci'no-ca'nus), n. (Lamp-black -f white + cobalt blue -f- 
madder-carmine.) (Plate II. fig. 18.) 
Lim'bate (L. limba'tus), a. Edged with a different color. 
Limicolae (L.), n. The group of shore-birds; a more or less natural 
group, embracing the Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipe, Curlew, etc. 
Limic'oline (L. limico'lus), a. Shore-inhabiting. Pertaining to, or having 
the character of, the Limicolce. 
Lin'ear (L. linea'ris), a. Narrow, with straight parallel edges; line-like. 
(Plate XIV. fig. 10.) 
Lin'eate (L. li?iea'tus), a. Marked with lines. 
Lin'eolate (L. lineola'tus), a. Marked with little lines. 
Li'ning of the Wing, n. The under wing-coverts collectively, especially 
the lesser and middle. (Plate XIII. fig. 1.) 
Litloral (L. litto'ralis ; litora'lis), a. Pertaining to the sea-shore. 
Liv'er Brown (L. hepa'ticus), n. A dark purplish brown color, like raw 
liver. (Vermilion + black.) (Plate IV. fig. 4.) 
Lo'bate, ) (L. loba'tus), a. Furnished with membraneous flaps, as the 
Lobed, ) toes of a Coot (Fulica). 
Lobe (L. lo'bus), n. A membraneous flap. 
Long-exsert'ed, a. Said of tail-feathers when abruptly much longer 
than the rest. 
Longipen'nes (L.), n. A group of long-winged swimming birds, for- 
merly embracing the gulls and their allies, and the Procellariidaz 
(petrels, albatrosses, and fulmars), but properly restricted to the 
Laridce, Rhynchopidce, and Stercorariidai. 
Longipen'nine (L. longipen'nis), a. Pertaining to the Longipennes. 
