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Scud :: Scud (n.) A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock..

Mastax :: Mastax (n.) The lore of a bird.

Shadbird :: Shadbird (n.) The American, or Wilson's, snipe. See under Snipe. So called because it appears at the same time as the shad..

Palapteryx :: Palapteryx (n.) A large extinct ostrichlike bird of New Zealand.

Sarcorhamphi :: Sarcorhamphi (n. pl.) A division of raptorial birds comprising the vultures.

Dichromatic :: Dichromatic (a.) Having two color varieties, or two phases differing in color, independently of age or sex, as in certain birds and insects..

Straight :: Stragulum (n.) The mantle, or pallium, of a bird..

Hummer :: Hummer (n.) A humming bird.

Marsupium :: Marsupium (n.) The pecten in the eye of birds and reptiles. See Pecten.

Squab :: Squab (n.) A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged..

Cowbird :: Cowbird (n.) The cow blackbird (Molothrus ater), an American starling. Like the European cuckoo, it builds no nest, but lays its eggs in the nests of other birds; -- so called because frequently associated with cattle..

Scansorial :: Scansorial (a.) Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial bird; adapted for climbing; as, a scansorial foot..

Secretary :: Secretary (n.) The secretary bird.

Redstart :: Redstart (n.) A small, handsome European singing bird (Ruticilla phoenicurus), allied to the nightingale; -- called also redtail, brantail, fireflirt, firetail. The black redstart is P.tithys. The name is also applied to several other species of Ruticilla amnd allied genera, native of India..

Avernian :: Avernian (a.) Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the infernal regions..

Gular :: Gular (a.) Pertaining to the gula or throat; as, gular plates. See Illust. of Bird, and Bowfin..

Paleornithology :: Paleornithology (n.) The branch of paleontology which treats of fossil birds.

Turdus :: Turdus (n.) A genus of singing birds including the true thrushes.

Boatbill :: Boatbill (n.) A wading bird (Cancroma cochlearia) of the tropical parts of South America. Its bill is somewhat like a boat with the keel uppermost.

Scutelliplantar :: Scutelliplantar (a.) Having broad scutella on the front, and small scales on the posterior side, of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds..

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