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

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

Ptilo´sis, n. Plumage. (3.)

Pu´bic, a. Pertaining to the pubis.

Pu´bis, n. The most anterior bone of the pelvis. In birds the ossa pubis or pubes are separate, there being no pubic symphysis, and directed more or less backward.

Pul´lus, n. A chick; young bird, before its first complete plumage.

Pul´monary, a. Pertaining to the lungs; relating to respiration.

Pul´sus, Pulse, n. Beating of the arteries.

Punc´tate, a. Dotted; pitted; studded with points.

Punc´tum Sa´liens, n. First trace of the embryonic heart.

Pupil´la, n. Central black disc circumscribed by the iris; the pupil (a hole, not a substance).

Pupil´lary, a. Pertaining to the pupil.