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ORNITHOLOGISTS' COMPENDIUM. 
O'vate, ( (L. ova'tus), a. Shaped like an egg which has one end more 
O'void, < pointed than the other. (Plate XIV. fig. 7 ; plate XVI. 
Ovoid'al, ' fig. 1.) 
Ovarium (L. ; pi. ova'ria), ( * i 
~, . , , . » I n. The organ in which eggs are developed. 
O vary (pi. ova ries), I 
O'viduct (L.), n. The tube through which the egg passes from the 
ovary. 
Ovip'arous, a. Producing eggs in which the young develop after 
exclusion from the body. 
Oviposi'tion, n. Act of laying eggs. 
P. 
Palaearc'tic (L. paloearc'ticus), a. Pertaining to the northern portion of 
the Eastern Hemisphere, or Old World. 
Palaeogae'an, a. Pertaining to the Eastern Hemisphere, or Old World. 
Palseornithorogy, n. The science of fossil birds. 
Parama (L.), n. The web or membrane between the toes of certain 
birds. 
Paratin'e } a ' ^ er ^ amm § ^° ^ e P<d&te. 
Pal'ate (L. pal'atum), n. The roof of the mouth. 
Pal'ea (L.), n. A dewlap, or fleshy pendulous skin on the throat or chin, 
as in a Turkey or domestic fowl. 
Pallium (L.), n. A mantle. 
Pal'mated \ P a l ma ' tus )> a - Having the three anterior toes full- 
Parmiped' ( webbed. (Compare Semipalmate and Totipalmate.) 
Pal'pebra (L.), n. The eyelid. 
PaFpebral (L. palpebro'sus), a. Pertaining to the eyelids. 
Pal'pebrate (L. palpebrals) , a. Having eyelids. 
Palu'dicole (L. paludi'colus), a. Marsh-inhabiting. 
Pal'udine (L. pahdi'nus) 
Palus'trine (L. palus'tris), f a ' Pertainin g to a marsn or S ™P- 
Pan'durate (L. pandura'ius), } a. Fiddle-shaped. (Plate XIV. 
Pandu'riform (L. pandurifor'mis), ) fig. 18.) 
Pan'sy Pur'ple, n. An exceedingly rich and very intense deep purple 
color, like that of some varieties of the pansy ( Viola tricolor). (Intense 
blue + madder carmine -f- rose tyrien.) (Plate VIII. fig. 5.) 
Papilla (L. pi. papil'lai), n. A small nipple-like elevation. 
Papillose (L. papillo'sus), ) . 
Papillate (L. papilla'tus), f a ' Havm S P a P lll{B - 
Papilla (L. ; pi. pap'uloz), n. A pimple, or pimple-like elevation. 
