A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 3 of 3

by Spencer Fullerton Baird; T. M. Brewer; Robert Ridgway

Lo´ral, a. Pertaining to the lore.

Lore, Lo´rum, n. Space between eye and bill. (39.)

Lower Back. (59.) See Tergum.

Lower Jaw. Lower Mandible. (11.) See Mandible.

Lower Parts. (6.) See Gastræum.

Lower Wing-coverts. (85.) See Tectrices.

Lower Tail-coverts. See Calypteria, Crissum, Tectrices.

Lum´bar, a. Pertaining to, or situate in, the loins. In birds, a lumbar region or lumbar vertebræ are not well distinguished, if at all; and in many, rib-bearing vertebræ continue into the sacral region.

Lumbric´iform, a. Same as Vermiform (which see).

Lu´nulate, a. Narrowly crescentic.