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this is the cere. In others, hke the herons, there are 
few or no feathers betw’een this part and the eye ; and 
the space round the eye itself (regio ophthalmica, f. 
2.) is often naked. 
(28.) The HEAD, in the usual acceptation of the 
word, is restricted to that part which constitutes the 
skull, and extends from the base of the beak to the 
commencement of the neck. The front (^frons,g) is the 
region lying close to the nostrils, and consists of those 
small feathers which join the base of the bill, lying 
between that and the eye : then follows the crown or 
summit {vertex, li), which occupies the middle or centre 
of the head, and is that part usually occupied by the 
crest of such birds as are so ornamented. The hind 
head {einciput, i) commences at the declivity of the 
skull, the lower portion of which is termed the nape or 
nucha (fe). 
(29.) On the SIDES op the head are the ears, and 
several parts which require distinct names. The feathers 
which cover the ears, to save repetition, are usually 
termed the care (!) ; they are generally rather more rigid, 
and their webs more disconnected, or wider apart, than 
the surrounding feathers. There are several genera 
which have stripes both above, before, and behind the 
eye ; and others sometimes occur at the base of the 
lower mandible, particularly among the woodpeckers : 
to all these distinct names become necessary. A super- 
ciliary stripe is situated above the eye, so as to be ana- 
logous to the human eyebrow. An ordinary eye stripe is 
either anterior, posterior, or entire : it is anterior, when 
It only occupies the space lietween the eye and bill ; 
posterior, when it commences tehind the eye, and ad- 
vances to, or unites with, the ear feathers j and entire, 
when it is both posterior and anterior. The cAee/t fea- 
thers are between the gape or rictus, and those which 
cover the ears ; while a maxillary stripe commences at 
the base of the under mandible, and descends on the 
side of the neck. This sort of stripe, as just observed, 
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