10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RECTRICIAL»
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Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines: Passerines
[S] terminal tail band very broad, from c 55 mm deep to extending the full length
of the inner vane of the outermost rectrix, without rectricial white showing beyond
under-tail coverts; tibia consistently black; size huge, with proportionally short bill
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R Schodde, IJ Mason, 1999
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Functional morphology of the tail apparatus of the pigeon ...
Movements, intrabulbar, of rectrices 69, 78-87 Movements of rectricial bulb 69, 70
Movements of tail, gross 69, 70 -, depression -, muscles producing 73 -, tenting of
tail during 73 -, elevation -, muscles producing 72 -, lateral, deviation - ...
The lateral borders of the tail exhibit pronounced bulges marking the underlying
rectricial bulbs. In most birds more or less distinct constrictions exist at the tail—
trunk junction (e.g. Gallus); in others (e.g. Anus) the tail merges imperceptibly into
...
Bruce Campbell, Elizabeth Lack, 2013
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Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs
This arrangement would have promoted tail symmetry and allowed the
independent movement of the caudal axis without deformation of the tail (Gatesy
and Dial, 1996a). An incipient rectricial bulb ( Baumel, 1988) was likely present,
allowing ...
Luis M. Chiappe, Lawrence M. Witmer, 2002
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Handbook of Avian Anatomy: Nomina Anatomica Avium
fasciculi attach to the rectricial bulb, including the follicles of the major coverts
and rectrices. M. lateralis caudae inserts on the superior and lateral surfaces of
the collar of the follicle of the outermost rectrix (rectrix 6 in Columba livia, Baumel,
...
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Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club
Therefore, I have included moult data in the Appendix, for 33 species that I found
in remigial or rectricial moult from mist- netting. This extends the data for seven
species for which I lacked more direct breeding observations. In the Appendix, an
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British Ornithologists' Club, 1993
... surround the rectricial bulbs: two structures that encase the roots of the large
tail feathers termed rectrices. Together, these bulbs and the associated muscles
allow birds to fan their rectrices, and to raise, lower, rotate, and laterally deviate
the ...
M. K. Brett-Surman, Thomas R. Holtz, James Orville Farlow, 2012
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Functional Morphology in Vertebrate Paleontology
The transformation of a relatively simple saurian tail into the highly specialized
rectricial control system of modern flying birds is rarely appreciated. Interestingly,
the maniraptoran tail was in some ways preadapted for flight since it had already
...
... 59,60 Re number 17–18 Re number equation 18 rectrices 42,43,44, 47, 52, 64
rectricial bulbs 47 'Reduced Frequency' parameter86–7 remiges (flight feathers)
32 see also feathers; primary remiges respiration and wing beatcycles 179–80 ...
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Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
rectricial /rck'trijal/ adj. © 17c: Latin feminine of rectorrector. rectum /'rcktam/ o
noun (recta /-ta/ or rectums) the lower pan of the alimentary canal, ending at the
anus. • rectal adj. • rcctally adverb. © 1 6c: from Latin rectum intestinum straight ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RECTRICIAL»
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Today marks NINE YEARS of Tetrapod Zoology
Therizinosaurs seemingly do NOT have rectricial fans as shown here. August at Tet Zoo saw more passerine-themed articles (chiffchaffs, blue tits, great tits and ... «Scientific American, Jan 15»
