. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . t any even-ing about sundown can be seen winging^their way to the southwest, and many amorning on first rising have I seen themfly up from the lake shore but a fewrods from the house. C. M. Slayton,Grattan, Mich. Diagram of a Bird, to Illustrate the Terminolog-y of the Plumage and Limbs. 1. Forehead. 3. Crown. 3. Nape or occiput. 4. Lores (space in front of eye). 5. Supercilium. 6. Cheeks. 7. Ear-coverts. 8. Upper mandible or maxilla. 9. Lower mandible. 10. Culmen or upper profile of max-illa. 11. Commissure or line of junctionof
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . t any even-ing about sundown can be seen winging^their way to the southwest, and many amorning on first rising have I seen themfly up from the lake shore but a fewrods from the house. C. M. Slayton,Grattan, Mich. Diagram of a Bird, to Illustrate the Terminolog-y of the Plumage and Limbs. 1. Forehead. 3. Crown. 3. Nape or occiput. 4. Lores (space in front of eye). 5. Supercilium. 6. Cheeks. 7. Ear-coverts. 8. Upper mandible or maxilla. 9. Lower mandible. 10. Culmen or upper profile of max-illa. 11. Commissure or line of junctionof the two mandibles. 13. Rictal bristles or vibrissfe. 13. Chin. 14. Throat. 15. Breast- 16. Abdomen. 17. Back. 18. Rump. 19. Scapulars. 80. Primaries (the earlier or outer-most 9 or 10 quills of the wing). 81. Secondaries (wing-quilis spring-ing from the radius and ulna.) 33. Tertiaries. 83. Lesser wing-coverts. 34. Median wing-coverts. 35. Greater wing-coverts. 26. Primary wing-coverts. 27. Winglet or bastard-wing. 28. Upper tail-coverts. rilK ()^L()(iLSI vc:. JiL 29. Tail-feathers or rectrices. 30. Under tail-coverts. 31. Tarsus. 32. Hind toe or liist too or hallux. 33. Inntr or second top. 34. Middle or third toe. 35. Outer or fourth too. Flanks or sides of bod} are the partsapproximately covered by the closedwing. Axillarios are the lengthen feathersspringing from the axilla or region be-neath the base of the wing. Supplementary bristles or hairs arcthose springing from the side of theforehead in front of the rictal bristles. Naral bristles or hairs are thosespringing from the front of the foreheadand covering the nostrils. Measurements should be taken inraillimeteres or in English inches anddecimals, thus: Length—The distance from the tip of the bill to the tip of the longest tail-feather, unless otherwise stated. Tail—The distance from the root ofihf tail, generally indicated both in thefresh and dried state by the presence ofa piece of ilesh on the underside, to thet
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