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Stilted :: Stiltbird (n.) See Stilt, n., 3..

Sail :: Sail (n.) To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird..

Rosella :: Rosella (n.) A beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus eximius) often kept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are scarlet, the throat is white, the back dark green varied with lighter green, and the breast yellow..

Pue :: Pue (v. i.) To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds..

Covert :: Covert (a.) One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.

Lemur :: Lemur (n.) One of a family (Lemuridae) of nocturnal mammals allied to the monkeys, but of small size, and having a sharp and foxlike muzzle, and large eyes. They feed upon birds, insects, and fruit, and are mostly natives of Madagascar and the neighboring islands, one genus (Galago) occurring in Africa. The slow lemur or kukang of the East Indies is Nycticebus tardigradus. See Galago, Indris, and Colugo..

Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish..

Maybird :: Maybird (n.) The whimbrel; -- called also May fowl, May curlew, and May whaap..

Crop :: Crop (n.) The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw..

Gnathidium :: Gnathidium (n.) The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked; -- commonly used in the plural.

Halones :: Halones (n. pl.) Alternating transparent and opaque white rings which are seen outside the blastoderm, on the surface of the developing egg of the hen and other birds..

Apode :: Apode (n.) One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet.

Totipalmate :: Totipalmate (a.) Having all four toes united by a web; -- said of certain sea birds, as the pelican and the gannet. See Illust. under Aves..

Trochilus :: Trochilus (n.) A genus of humming birds. It Formerly included all the known species.

Sicklebill :: Sicklebill (n.) A bird of the genus Epimachus and allied genera.

Palamedeae :: Palamedeae (n. pl.) An order, or suborder, including the kamichi, and allied South American birds; -- called also screamers. In many anatomical characters they are allied to the Anseres, but they externally resemble the wading birds..

Bird''s-foot :: Bird's-foot (n.) A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point..

Lowbell :: Lowbell (n.) A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net..

Chickadee :: Chickadee (n.) A small bird, the blackcap titmouse (Parus atricapillus), of North America; -- named from its note..

Lobefoot :: Lobefoot (n.) A bird having lobate toes; esp., a phalarope..

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