. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . AN EXPLANATION OF THE TECHNICAL TERMS USED IN THIS WORK: TO WHICH ARE SUBJOINED SOME OF THOSE USED BY LINN/EUS AND OTHER ORNITHOLO-GISTS, DESCRIPTIVE OF THE PARTICULAR PARTSPECULIAR TO SOME A—AuRicuLARs,—feathers which cover the ears. BB—The BASTARD WING, [_altila fpurlaf Lin.] three or fivequill-Hke feathers, placed at a fmall joint rifmg at the middlepart of the wing. CC—^The LESSER COVERTS of the wings, {^leBrices prima,Lin.] fmall feathers that lie in feveral rows on the bones ofthe wings. The under coverts are thofe t
. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . AN EXPLANATION OF THE TECHNICAL TERMS USED IN THIS WORK: TO WHICH ARE SUBJOINED SOME OF THOSE USED BY LINN/EUS AND OTHER ORNITHOLO-GISTS, DESCRIPTIVE OF THE PARTICULAR PARTSPECULIAR TO SOME A—AuRicuLARs,—feathers which cover the ears. BB—The BASTARD WING, [_altila fpurlaf Lin.] three or fivequill-Hke feathers, placed at a fmall joint rifmg at the middlepart of the wing. CC—^The LESSER COVERTS of the wings, {^leBrices prima,Lin.] fmall feathers that lie in feveral rows on the bones ofthe wings. The under coverts are thofe that line the infideof the wings. d2 XXX TECHNICAL TERMS. DD—The GREATER COVERTS, \_teElrices Jecun^/By Lin.]] thefeathers that lie immediately over the quill feathers and thefecondaries. GG—The PRIMARIES, or primary quills, \_primoreSfLin.] the largeft feathers of the wings: they rife from the firftbone. EE—The secondaries, or secondary quills, {Jeconda-riaj Lin.] thofe that rife from the fecond bone. HH—The tertials. Thefe alfo take their rife from thefecond bone, at the e/bozu joinf, forming a continuation ofthe fecondaries, and fcem to do the fame with the fcapulars,which lie over them. Thefe feathers are fo long in fome ofthe Scolopa
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