Methods in the Art of Taxidermy
by Oliver Davie Published in 1900
Topography of a Bird
TOPOGRAPHY OF A BIRD.
- 1, forehead (frons)
- 2, lore
- 3, circumocular region
- 4, crown (vertex)
- 5, eye
- 6, hindhead (occiput)
- 7, nape (nucha)
- 8, hind neck (cervix)
- 9,side of neck
- 10, interscapular region
- 11, dorsum, or back proper, including 10
- 12, notreum, or upper part of body proper, which includes 10 to 13
- 13, rump (uropygium)
- 14, upper tailcoverts
- 15, tail j
- 16, under tail-coverts (crissum)
- 17, tarsus
- 18, abdomen
- 19, anal region
- 20, hind toe (hallux)
- 21, outer or fourth toe
- 22, middle or third toe
- 23, second or inner anterior toe
- 24, heel
- 25, gastrreum, including 18 and 26
- 26, breast (pectus)
- 27, primaries
- 28, secondaries
- 29, tertiaries Nos. 27, 28, 29 are all remiges
- 30, primary coverts
- 31, greater coverts
- 32 median coverts
- 33, lesser coverts
- 34, bastard wing
- 35, lower throat or jugulum
- 36, middle throat or gula
- 37, chin or mentum; 35a, the throat, including 35, 36 and 37
- 38, auriculars
- 39, malar region
- 40, corner of mouth, or angle of commissure
- 41, ramus of under mandible
- 42, gonys..
- 43, apex or tip of bill
- 44, side of under mandible
- 45, cutting edges of bill, or tomia
- 46, side of upper mandible
- 47, ridge of upper mandible, culmen
- 48, nostril.
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