Handbook of Field and General Ornithology: A Manual of the Structure and Classification of Birds with Instructions for Collecting and Preserving Specimens |
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Handbook of Field and General Ornithology: A Manual of the Structure and ... Elliott Coues No preview available - 2015 |
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animals ankylosed arch articular articulated beak become bill bird's body bone bony called canal cartilage cavity characters clavicles claw close cochlea connection coracoid cranial dentary developed distinct dorsal duct embryo feathers fenestra fenestra ovalis foot foramen front frontal genera genus gland groups head hind toe horny humerus hyoid bone inner large birds lateral less limb lower male mammals mandible maxillary maxillopalatines median membrane metatarsal middle line modifications mouth muscles muscular nasal nearly neck nerve nostrils optic optic foramen orbital organs orifice ornithology Oscines ossification outer oviduct ovum pair palatal palatines Passeres passerine plate plumage posterior premaxillary proper pterygoid pygostyle quadrate quadrate bone Ratite remiges ribs rostrum sacral scapula shape shot side skin skull slender species specimens spinal sternum structure surface tail tarsus tion tissue trachea tube upper mandible usually vertebræ vomer whole wing