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Natator. A swimming bird.
NATATORES. Swimming birds.
Natatorial. Having the quality
of a natator; swimming.
Naive. Natural, simple.

Psit'tacid. A bird of the Purrot tribe.

Psittacida. Birds of the Parrot tribe.

Ral'lid. A bird of the Rail tribe.

Nectarin'iad. A bird of the Rallide. Birds of the Rail tribe.

Birds of the

Honey-eating tribe. Nectariniada. Honey-eating tribe. Ochraceous. Of the colour of ochre, dull yellow. Olivaceous. Öf an olive colour, somewhat olive. Orbit. The ring or circle sur. rounding the eye. Palmate.

Palmated. Having webs.

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Toucan tribe. Rap'tor. A bird of the raptorial tribe.

RAPTORES. Birds of prey, or
raptorial birds.

Raptorial. Having the quality
of snatching-rapacious.
Ra'sor. One of the gallinaceous
or scratching birds.
RASORES. Birds whose cha-
racteristic is scratching: gal-
linaceous birds.

Recurvate. Curved backwards.
Reniform. Kidney shaped.
Retractile. Capable of being
drawn backward or inwards.
Rolled or turned

Phasianida. Birds of the Phea- Revolute.
sant tribe.

Pi'cid. A bird of the Wood-
pecker tribe.
Picida. Birds of the Wood-
pecker tribe.
Pinnate. Furnished with little
webs.

Pip'rid. A bird of the Manakin
tribe.
Piprida. Birds of the Manakin
tribe.

Polygamous. Not confined to
one sexual association.
Prairie. An extensive plain
in the back settlements of
America, covered chiefly
with grass.
Primaries. The chief quill fea-
thers of the wing.
Promer'opid. A bird of the
Hoopoe tribe.
Promeropida.
Hoopoe tribe.

Birds of the

back.
Rufous. Reddish yellow, some-
what red.
Scandent. Climbing.
Scansile. Formed for climbing.
Scan'sor. A climbing bird.
Scansores. Climbing birds.
Scansorial. Formed for climb-
ing.
Scapular. Belonging to the
shoulder blade.

Scapulars. Feathers covering
the back part of the shoulder.
Scolopa'cid. A bird of the
Snipe tribe.
Scolopacida. Birds of the Snipe

tribe.

Scratcher. A bird that scratches the ground to obtain its food. Secondaries. The quill feathers of the second size in the wing. Semipalmate. Half or partiSemipalmated. Sally webbed.

Snatcher. A bird of prey: a Tetraon/id.

raptorial bird.

Squamiform.

Shaped like

scales.

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A bird of the

Partridge and Grouse tribe. Tetraonida. Birds of the Partridge and Grouse tribe. Textor. A weaver.

Thoracic duct. That tube or vessel which conveys the nutriment from the absorbents to the blood.

To'did. A bird of the Tody

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INDEX.

'The Scientific names are distinguished thus: the ORDINAL
and GENERIC by CAPITALS; the specific by Italics; the
English names by Roman letters.

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