10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UROPYGIUM»
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uropygium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
uropygium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A monograph of the Hirundinidae
Uropygium albieans aut fumoso-albicaus : guttur olbienus, minute nigro
strielatum. a”. ... pileuni creruleseenti'nigruni, dorso eoneolor : uropygium rufum :
gastracum rufum : guttur et erissum eastauea . . . . 'F'. rufigula, p. 5?]. e. Fascia. fl'
ontalis ...
2
The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature
on the uropygium are of the colour of a sapphire : there are some occasional
varieties in the colours of a few of the feathers ; but the variety is of little
importance. 17. Anas Magellanica, the female : the speculum of the wings is
green. The belly ...
3
The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature
on the uropygium are of the colour of a sapphire : there are some Occasional
varieties in the colours of a few of the feathers ; but the variety is of little
importance. 57. Anas Magellanica, the female : the speculum of the wings is
green. The belly ...
Tobias George Smollett, 1789
4
Synopsis Mammalium. Addenda, Emendanda Et Index Ad Synopsis ...
Caput grave longum, Collum breve; processus spinosi ver- tebrarum doraalium
primarum plerumque elevati; uropygium aaepe depressum; corpus obeaum ;
artus valiili ; cauda pendula plus minus elongata; juba bar- baque; palearlo plus
...
Johann Baptist Fischer, 1830
5
Sheep: Their Breeds, Management, and Diseases: To which is ...
Dr. Pallas has some curious speculations concerning this Uropygium, or fatty
excrescence. Without once inquiring into the actual origin of this sheep, he traces
the peculiarity of the rump to “ the bitter saline pastures of Tartary, by the
influence ...
6
Useful and Ornamental Planting
They often weigh more than 200 lbs., and may be considered as the largest of the
unimproved sheep ; of which weight the soft oily fat alone that forms on the rump
amounts to from 20 to 40 lbs. * The Uropygium, or fat rump, which is made up of ...
7
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
Fig. j . is a drawing of a degenerate breed of the steatopyga variety of sheep,
reared on the bankB of the Jenisy and Volga, without horns, and with the
uropygium or fat rump greatly diminished, and one noneola. Letter b. Jig. 6. is a
drawing of ...
Coverts. of. the. Tail,. (Uropygium,. LINN.), in Ornithology, are feathers which
cover the tail on the upper. COVEY,. s. A. hatch,. an. old. bird. with. her. young.
ones;. a. number. of. birds. Comm, v. To have the lungs convulsed ; to make a
noise in ...
9
Functional morphology of the tail apparatus of the pigeon ...
2 Superficial Topographic Anatomy The uropygium of the pigeon is about half the
width of the pelvis measured across the antitrochanters. The lateral margins of
the uropygium are in line with dorsolateral processes of the ilium on each side ...
10
The Dissection of Vertebrates: A Laboratory Manual
At the posterior end of the body, the tail includes the short posterior, fleshy stump
of the body, the uropygium, as well as the feathers extending from it. Spread the
feathers on the dorsal surface of the uropygium to reveal the uropygial gland ...
Gerardo De Iuliis, Gerald DeIuliis, Dino Pulera, 2006
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UROPYGIUM»
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uropygium is used in the context of the following news items.
The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White | Book Review
A range of short brown stiff feathers, almost six inches long, fixed in the uropygium, is the real tail, and serves as a fulcrum to prop the train, which is long and ... «The Guardian, Nov 13»
Flamingos boost their colour to find a mate
They get their 'make-up' from the uropygium glands, the area from which their tail feathers grow. In a paper published in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, ... «ABC Science Online, Oct 10»
