624 OHIO BIRDS. 
Inner toe. In most birds the second is the inner anterior toe; in the trogons, the third 
or middle tos becomes inner anterior by reversion of the second, which is then inner 
posterior. In several birds the hallux or first or hinder toe is reversed, and becomes 
inver anterior. But in any position the inner toe, properly speaking, is the second, that 
one with only three joints. 
Insistent. Said of the hind toe when its base is so elevated that its tip only touches the 
ground. 
Inierramal. Between the forks or rami of the lower jaw. 
Interscapular. Between the shoulders. The plural interscapulars or interscapularies is 
used to denote the feathers of such region collectively. 
- Iridescent. Glittering with many colors, which change in different lights. 
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J 
Jugulum. Lower throat; lower foreneck. 
L 
Lamella, Lamina, A thin plate or scale; plato-like process. The processes inside a 
duck’s bill are lamella; the individual barbs of a feather are lamina. 
Lamellirostral. Weaving a lameliate bill. 
Lanceolate. Lance-head shaped; tapering narrowly at one end, less so at the other. 
Larynx. Adam’s-apple; hollow cartilaginous organ, a modification of the windpipe either 
at the top or bottom, but especially the former; the lower larynx being called Syrinx. 
Lesser Wing-coverts. The smaller anterior set of secondary coverts in several series upon 
the plica alaris. 
Linear. Narrow with straight parallel sides; uniformly narrow for a long distance. 
Lobate, Lobed. Farnished with inembranous flips (said chiefly of toes). 
Lobe. Membranous flap (generally curved, but may be straight-edgea). 
Long-exserted. Said of tail feathers abruptly much longer than the rest. 
Loral. Pertainirg to the lore. 
Lore. Space between eye and bill. 
Lower Wing-coverts. See Tetrices. 
Lower Tail-coverts. See Crissum. 
Lunulate. Narrowly crescentic. 
Luteous. Clay-colored. 
M 
Maculate. Spotted. ? 
Mandible. Jaw. Properly the wnder jaw, the upper jaw being mavilla. 
Marbling. Fine spotting and streaking intermixed; variegation like marble. 
Mazilla. Jaw,.especially the upper jaw. 
Macxillar, Maxillary. Pertaining to the upper jaw. 
Melanism. State of colorationresulting from excess of black or dark pigment; a frequent 
condition of hawks. 
Melanistic, M[clanotic. Affected with melanism. 
Membrane. Soft skinny covering of the bill of many birds is said to be membranous. 
Webbing of toes is the interdigital membrane. 
Mental. Pertaining to the chin. 
Mentum. Chin. Soft parts between the branches of the lower jaw. 
Metagnathous. Cross-billed; having the points of the mandibles passing each other on 
the right and left. 
