10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TECTRICES»
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tectrices in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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located on a bird's antebrachium or forearm; a cubrtal covert; a secondary covert.
cubital covert, one of the covertefethers or tectrices located on the cubrt, forearm,
or antebrachium of a bird; an antebrachial covert; a secondary covert. greater ...
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On the Natural History and Classification of Birds
The wings are clothed with three sorts of feathers : the first, which are the smallest
, are the tectrices, or wing covers; the second are the scapulars (scapulares) ;
and the third are the quills (re- miges). The wing covers, again, from being of ...
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The Naturalist: Containing Treatises on Natural History, ...
37. Flexura, the bend of the wing. 38. flxilla, the armpit. 530. Ala, the wing. 40.
Tectrices, the wing coverts. 41. Tectrices majores, the largest wing coverts. 42.
Tectrices minores, the smallest wing coverts. 48. Tectrices media, the middle
coverts.
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Joseph Banks in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1766: His Diary, ...
Descr: Caput, tergum, rectrices, uropygium, remiges Supra Fusci; mandibula
superior nigra; inferior Basi Lutea; rictus Lutea; gula et Pectus, albae, maculis
triangularibus fuscis; abdomen album; Latera subfuca \juT\ ut et tectrices alarum
...
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Magazine of Natural History
Tectrices majbres, largest wing-coverts (l) 3. Tectrices media;, middle wing-
coverts (Ml 4. Tectrices minbres, smallest wing-coverts (n) 5. Primaries, quills (p)
6. Remiges, rowers (o.) L 7. Alula spuria, bastard wing (fig. 52. tr) 7. Cauda, the
tail ...
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A system of natural history: containing scientific and ...
39. ALA, the wing. 40. TECTRICES, the wmg coverts. 41. TECTRICES MAJORES
, the largest wing coverts. 42. TECTRICES MINORES, the smallest wing coverts.
43. TECTRICES MEDIA, the middle wing coverts. 44. REMIOES, the rowers. 45.
Augustus Addison Gould,
1834
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Magazine of Natural History and Journal of Zoology, Botany, ...
Cauda, the tail, ' g2pts. 1. Flexura, the bend of the wing (9) 2. Tutrices majbres,
largest wing-coverts (l) 3. Tectrices media?, middle wing-coverts (m) I 4. Tectrices
minbres, smallest wing-coverts (n) 5. Primaria?, quills (p) 6. R£miges, rowers (q)
...
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The Zoologist's Text-Book
Tectrices majores, largest wing-coverts, I. I. 3. Tectrices meda, middle wing-
coverts, J. J. 4. Tectrices minores, smallest wing-coverts, K. K. 5. Primaria, quills,
L. L. 6. Remiges, rowers, M. - 7. Alula spuria, bastard wing, N. and fig. I. 15. VII.
Cauda ...
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The naturalist's library: containing scientific and popular ...
Ala. the wing. 40. Tectrices, the wmg covert* 41. Tectrices Majores, the larg est
wing coverts. 42. Tectrices Minores, the smallest wing coverts. 43. Tectrices
Medic, the mid die wing coverts. 44. Remioes, the rowers. 45. Prima ri.e, the
quills. 4G.
Augustus Addison Gould,
1833
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Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History
mediae (sera intermedium), et minores (stria cranialis), tectrices tertiarii, et
macula rhomboidalis primariae — stria alae tectricio-remigialis (longitudinalis)
albus (new term), typus III complexus — status, ambitus, et forma (ordered): a.
absent; ...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TECTRICES»
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tectrices is used in the context of the following news items.
Ahora autorizan la venta de "catas" en la vía pública
Las cotorras que se permiten vender son solo aquellas que tengan cobertura completa de plumaje (incluso plumas tectrices), lo que indica edad suficiente para ... «El Ancasti Editorial, Jan 15»
Un oiseau exceptionnel à la réserve de la Mazière
Il s'agit, ici, d'un leucisme total d'où ces teintes délavées de l'ensemble des tectrices (petites plumes du corps NDLR) et blanches des rémiges (les grandes ... «LaDépêche.fr, Aug 14»
Blayais : opération de baguage à Terres d'Oiseaux
... (BTTA) en plastique, visible à la longue-vue à 200 mètres, prélèvement de trois plumes tectrices pour étudier l'ADN, mesures biométriques du tarse (193 mm), ... «Sud Ouest, Jun 14»
L'archéoptéryx préférait planer plutôt que voler
Les ailes d'oiseaux se composent d'une couche de rémiges asymétriques surmontées par des plumes de couverture, les tectrices. En vol, les rémiges peuvent ... «Futura Sciences, Nov 12»