. The American sportsman: containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of the game birds and wild fowl of America . CHAPTER I. EXPOSITION OF THE TECHNICAL TERMS USED BY ITHOUT a cursory knowledge, at least, of the technical terms employed by Orni- It thologists in their delineations of the ^ feathered race, we cannot expect all our i readers to understand or appreciate the *V 5^„ scientific descriptions which we have in- K serted of the game-birds of our country; it therefore appears to us that we cannot ^i^^^- do better than devote the first few pages of t
. The American sportsman: containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of the game birds and wild fowl of America . CHAPTER I. EXPOSITION OF THE TECHNICAL TERMS USED BY ITHOUT a cursory knowledge, at least, of the technical terms employed by Orni- It thologists in their delineations of the ^ feathered race, we cannot expect all our i readers to understand or appreciate the *V 5^„ scientific descriptions which we have in- K serted of the game-birds of our country; it therefore appears to us that we cannot ^i^^^- do better than devote the first few pages of this volume to the full elucidation of these appellatives, which, in fact, are the ABC of Ornithology, the Alpha and Omega of the branch. 34 lewiss AMERICAN SPORTSMAN. This information, so important to the intelligent sportsman,can be easily and quickly acquired by reference to the accom-j)anying drawing, in connection with the explanations followingimmediately after. 1, Aiwiculars, the ear coverts.—The soft feathers that coverthe organs of hearing. 2, 2. The bastard wing, consisting of three or five feathers,resembling the quills of the true wing; they are placed on asmall bone rising from the
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