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The term Papillosa expresses a surface naked, or not covered with feathers, but on’which there are a number of smaller or larger papilla.
The term Artus is used to express the legs, the wings, and the tail.
The feet of birds , when the toes are otherwise than naked, are expressed by the twoterms Palm at i and Lobau. , The former of-these Palmati signifies, that the several toesare conneBed by membranes one to another. The term Lobati expresses the toes having amembrane on each fide to increase their breadth, but this not connecting them one toanother.
The other terms used, in regard to the feet, are expressive only of the number of toes oneach ; these are tridablyli for those which have three toes ; tetradadiyli for those whichhave four, and so of the other numbers.
The feathers which difiinguifh the several species are to be carefully attended to, andnothing could be more necessary than the distinguishing the several series of them by deter-minate names.
The term Rqctrices exprefi'es those large feathers which confiitute the tail of the bird.
The term Remiges exprefes the large feathers of the wing, by means of which thebirdflies ; these are separated under two dijlindl terms of primary and secondary.
The primary remiges are those placed from the flexure of the wing to it's extremity :the secondary Remiges are those whidh are fituated between the body and the flexure of thewing: the feathers, which serve as a covering to the wings, as the others do to thebody, are difiinguified by the name of TeSlrices.
So few terms as these are all that are necessary to be understood, in order to the beingfamiliar with the names given to the several species. The reft will he easy from thedescriptions.
S T R I X.
T H E feet of the Strix have each of them four toes: three of these stand for-ward, and one backward ; but the exterior one of the three anterior is capableof turning backwards.
Strix capite aurito , corpore rufo.she Strix , with an aurited head , and areddijh-brown body.
Lye great yornowl,or Eagle owl.
This is an extreamly singular and beautiful bird, and is very worthy to appear firstin the enumeration of the species: it is of the bigness of a goose; the wings are verylarge, and the principal feathers extreamly long and strong : the head is short, round,and large; it is of the size, and much of the figure, of that of a cat, and at the auriclesthere stand two remarkable series of black feathers; these rife to the height of threefingers breadth above the surface of the head, and very perfectly resemble ears:the eyes are very large and look remarkably fierce ; the feathers on the rump are long,extreamly close set, and soft: the beak is short and hooked, and is black ; the aperturesof the ears, when the feathers are put away, are found to be very large and patent:on each side of the face, about the place of the nostrils, there are a great number of akind of whiskers 'resembling hairs.
The feathers covering the whole body are much alike in the several parts; thebelly is paler than the back, but those elsewhere are variegated in a tolerably uniformmanner, with black and white in spots and clouds, upon a reddish-brown ground;they are large and elegant, and lie in a remarkably regular and beautiful manner onthe body.
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