100 OKNITHOLOGISTS' COMPENDIUM. 
Pelas'gic (L. pelas'gicus), a. Wandering. 
Pel'ma (L.), n. The under surface of the foot. 
Peniciriate (L. penicillatus), a. Brush-tipped or pencil-like. 
Pen'na (L.), n. A perfect feather. 
Penna'ceous (L. penna'ceus), a. Pertaining to a perfect feather, or 
having the character of the same. 
Perforate (L. perforatus), a. Pierced through; said of nostrils which 
communicate with one another by reason of the absence of a septum, 
as in the American Vultures {Cathartidce). 
Peristeromorph'se (L.), n. The Huxleyan name, meaning " dove-formed," 
of the order Columbas. 
Per'vious, a. Open ; used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the 
nostrils. 
Pe'trous, a. Stony ; hard like stone. 
Phal'anx (L. ; pi. phalan'ges), n. In birds, a joint (not hinge, or articula- 
tion) or segment of the toes. 
Phase, n. Used more especially in the case of dichromatic species, as the 
melanistic phase, the rufescent phase, etc. 
Phlox Pur'ple, n. A very fine, medium, or rather light reddish purple, 
like the color of some varieties of Phlox. (Violet madder -f rose 
tyrien. ) ( Plate VIII. fig. 1 1 . ) 
Physical, a. Pertaining to the bodily organization. 
Physiognomy, n. The general appearance. Properly, the countenance, 
with respect to the temper of the mind. 
Physiorogy, n. The science of bodily functions. 
Pi'ci (L. ), n. The name of a natural group, or Order, of zygodactyle birds, 
comprising the Woodpeckers and Wrynecks. 
Pi'cine (L. pici'nus), a. Pertaining to the Woodpecker tribe ; woodpecker- 
like. 
Pictu'ra (L. ; pi. pictu'rce), n. Pattern of coloration of a particular part, 
or a particular feather. 
Pig'ment, n. Coloring-matter. 
C (L. pilea'tus), a. Capped, or with the whole pileum crested. 
Pireate, J Differing from crested, in that the latter is used to 
Pireated, | designate an elongation of the feathers on a particular 
I part of the pileum, as a frontal, vertical, or occipital crest. 
Pireum (L. pi'leus), n. The cap, or whole top of head from bill to nape, 
and therefore including the forehead, vertex (or crown), and occiput. 
(Plate XII.) 
Pirose (L. pilo'sus), a. Slightly hairy. 
Pink (L. caryophjlla'ceus), n. A dilute rose-red color. (See Kose Pink, 
and Peach-blossom Pink.) 
Pink'ish Buff (L. caryophylla'ceo-lvfteus), n. (Yellow ochre -j- light red + 
white.) (Plate V. fig. 14.) 
Pink'ish Vina'ceous (L. caryophylWceo-vina'ceus), n. ( Winsor & Newton's 
Indian red + white.) (Plate IV. fig. 18.) 
