10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCUTELLATE»
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Ornithology in Laboratory and Field
Feet: large and strong; tarsi longer than middle toe with nail, and scutellate.
Plumage: nostrils usually concealed by dense tufts of stiff feathers; rictal bristles
also evident. Family Paridae. Titmice. (Length: 4—8 in.; 10.16—20.32 cm) Bill:
short; ...
Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr., 1985
2
The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration
Types of covering on the tarsus of birds: (a) feathered (willow ptarmigan); (b)
scutellate (ant bird); (c) reticulate (osprey); (d) scutellate-reticulate (dowitcher); (e)
booted (thrush); (0 scaleless (green kingfisher). (Birds' legs are not drawn to
scale.) ...
Elaine R. S. Hodges, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (U.S.), 2003
3
Manual of Ornithology: Avian Structure & Function
Type of Foot Notes Scutellate Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) In the scutellate foot,
found in most birds with bare (unfeathered) legs, the tarsus and foot are covered
with a tough layer of horny keratin scales called the investment. In most birds ...
4
A Synopsis of the Birds of North America
Feet long and slender; tibia bare for about a third, anteriorly scutellate ; tarsus
long, slender, scutellate before and behind ; toes small, slender, scutellate above
; anterior connected by webs at the base, first very small. Claws small,
compressed ...
5
Ornithological Biography: Or An Account of the Habits of the ...
Nostrils oblong, basal, concealed by the feathers, and placed near the margin.
Head large, ovate; neck rather short ; body full. Feet very short; tarsus short,
compressed, feathered anteriorly more than one-third down, scutellate in the rest
of its ...
6
A General System of Nature,: Through the Three Grand ...
Scutellate; beneath hairy: sides of the abdomen fpottcd with white. Inhabits Milan.
Scopoli Délie. I. tab. 21./. B. a. b e. Simatus. Exscutellate, black ; íhanks
denticulate ail down the exte» rior edge. Inhabits Ba<via. Scopoli Délie. l.t.ll.
7
Ornithological biography or an account of the habits of the ...
Feet short, robust; tarsi roundish, anteriorly feathered half-way down, anteriorly
scutellate, laterally reticulate, posteriorly also scutellate; the lower part all round
covered with series of small scales, as are the toes for half their length, the
terminal ...
8
The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds
BooTeD Long, continuous plates without scales. Found in thrushes (bluebirds,
reTiCULaTe Tarsus covered with small, irregular, pebble-like bumps. Found in
plovers and falcons. SCUTeLLaTe Overlapping scales cover the front of the
tarsus.
Feet short, robust; tarsi roundish, anteriorly feathered half-way down, anteriorly
scutellate, laterally reticulate, posteriorly also scutellate; the lower part all round
covered with series of small scales, as are the toes for half their length, the
terminal ...
10
Taxonomic Revision and Phylogenetic Analysis of the ...
Scutellation (modified from Strauch 1985, character 29; Chandler 1990b,
character 106): (0) scutellate; (1) reticulate. The scutellation on the dorsal
podotheca (i.e., acrotarsium) of the Lari is scutellate. In alcids it may be either
scutellate (e.g., ...
