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Rachis The central shaft of a feather Calamus The hollow base of the rachis Barbs Extends off the rachis Barbules Extends off the barbs Barbicels Extends off the barbules Vanes Small hooks that interlock to form solid surfaces on either side of the rachis Contour feather Long feather used for flight Semiplume feather In between contour and down feathers Filoplume feather Very small vane at the tip of the rachis Down feather Fuzzy feather Bristle feather Thin whisker-like feather for tactile use Afterfeathers Small feathers attached to the based of larger ones Pterylae (Feather tracts) An area on the skin of a bird from which feathers grow Apteria The spaces between feather tracts Remiges The principle flight feathers including primaries, secondaries and tertials Rectrices Tail feathers Scapulars Shoulder feathers Wing coverts Feathers on a bird's arm that covers the regime feathers Axillaries Feathers that cover the underside of the wing in the armpit Crown Top of the head Eye ring Surrounds the eye Lores The region between the eye and bill Auriculars (feathers) Part of a bird's head related to the ear Supercilary stripe Prominent curving streak above a bird's eye Eyestripe Streak across the eye Nape Back of a bird's neck Chin Lower part of the face Throat Front part of the neck Forehead Top part of the face Cere Where the nose is Upper and lower mandibles Halves that make up the bill Wing bar Horizontal bar across the folded wing Mantle The area of the back and upper wing surfaces Speculum Colored secondaries Compressed For much of the bill's length, deeper than it is wide [EX] Puffin Crossed The tips of the mandibles cross each other [EX] Crossbill Lamellate Sieve-billed with tooth-like ridges [EX] Duck Hooked Upper mandible is longer than the lower and its tip is bent over the lower [EX] Hawk Spatulate The bill is widened toward its tip [EX] Northern Shoveler Decurved Bill curves ventrally [EX] Curlew Recurved Bill curves dorsally [EX] American Avocet Toothed Upper mandible has a notched tooth [EX] Falcon Serrate Bill's edges are saw-like [EX] merganser Conical Bill is the shape of a cone [EX] Finches Palmate Webbed [EX] Duck Totipalmate Webbed including hallux [EX] Cormerant Semipalmate Incomplete webbing between the toes Lobate Webbing surrounding toes [EX] Grebes Raptorial Sharp talons Scutellate tarsus The investment is cut up into more or less overlapping scales [EX] Sparrows Reticulate tarsus The investment is cut up into small irregular plates [EX] Plovers Booted tarsus The investment of the tarsus is continuously horny without scales or plates; smooth [EX] Thrush Anisodactyl The hallux is behind and the other three toes are in front [EX] Thrush Zygodactyl The toes are arranged in pairs, the second and third toes in front, the fourth and hallux behind [EX] Woodpecker Heterodactyl The toes are arranged in pairs, in this case, the third and fourth toes in front, the second and hallux behind [EX] Trogon Syndactyl The third and fourth toes (outer and middle) are united for most of their length [EX] Kingfisher Pamprodactyl All four toes are in front, the hallux being turned forward [EX] Swift Pneumatized bones Bones that contain numerous air spaces and pneumatic channels Compact bones Normal bones Sacral vertebrae Pelvic backbones Caudal vertebrae Tail backbones Uncinate process Overlaps the next rib Sternal ribs Ribs that originate from the sternum Synsacrum The sacrum is extended by incorporation of additional fused caudal or lumbar vertebrae Ilium Upper part of the pelvis Ischium Lower part of the pelvis Pygostyle caudal vertebrae fused to support the tail feathers (rectrices) Tibiotarsus Shin or drumstick Tarsometatarsus Homologous to the top of the human foot Carpometacarpus Wrist bones fused with the manus Pectoral girdle Made up of the coracoid, the sternum, the scapula, and the clavicle Supracoracoideous Muscle underneath the triosseal canal Triosseal canal Canal between the scapula, humerus and coracoid that allows for flight Sclerotic ossicles Bones within the orbits Cranial kinesis The articulation between the bill and rest of the skull Hyoid apparatus Tongue bones in bones Vent The external terminus of the digestive system and reproductive systems located on the ventral posterior side of trunk Uropygial gland On the dorsal surface of the posterior end of the trunk at the base of the rump White muscle fibers White meat Red muscle fibers Dark meat