. North American shore birds; a history of the snipes, sandpipers, plovers and their allies, inhabiting the beaches and marshes of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the prairies and the shores of the inland lakes and rivers of the North American continent . VpperTail- CovertsOtUerTailFeathers \ MidileTuilFeather l/ruler Wittqr Coverts A-^iUara Inner Toe OF SNIPE. Copyrialitttl by Kn Ar^a unthin this ittfltof iint, .^f^^ Sea pul afi JfumpI Tertich VpptrTail- Coverts Ou/er Tail Feathers MiddUTailFeather. Co|i)rlKhtr(l b) KrtncU I. Harper, il(«J. GLOSSARY. Maxilla. The upper half o
. North American shore birds; a history of the snipes, sandpipers, plovers and their allies, inhabiting the beaches and marshes of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the prairies and the shores of the inland lakes and rivers of the North American continent . VpperTail- CovertsOtUerTailFeathers \ MidileTuilFeather l/ruler Wittqr Coverts A-^iUara Inner Toe OF SNIPE. Copyrialitttl by Kn Ar^a unthin this ittfltof iint, .^f^^ Sea pul afi JfumpI Tertich VpptrTail- Coverts Ou/er Tail Feathers MiddUTailFeather. Co|i)rlKhtr(l b) KrtncU I. Harper, il(«J. GLOSSARY. Maxilla. The upper half of bill. CULMEN. The middle lengthwise line of maxilla. Mandible. The lower half of bill, usually slightly shorter than themaxilla. GoNYS. Lower outline of mandible from tip to point of separation. Gape. Cleft between maxilla and mandible when open. Lores. Space between eye and base of maxilla. Forehead. Top of head from base of bill to crown. Superciliary Stripe, or Superciliaries. Line running usually frombase of maxilla over the eye to side of occiput. Crown. Space on top of head from front line of eye to beginning of backslope of skull. Occiput. Hind part of skull, forming back slope of head. Nape. Upper portion of back of neck. Ear-Coverts. Loose-webbed small feathers overlying the ears. Auricular Region. Space about external opening of the ears. Cheek. Space between angle of jaw and bill. Side of Neck. Lateral portions of neck. Back of Neck. Portion from occiput to back. Back. Space lying between base o
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