Urochroa (urokroa)

[NL. (Gould, 1856), Whitetail ( Urochroa bougueri). wings are purplish; the middle tail-feathers are dark green, but the others are white, edged with blackish, and hence of conspicuous coloration (whence the name). urochrome (ūrō-krom), n. [ urochs (ū'roks), n. Same as aurochs. Urocichla (u-ro-sik'lä), n. [NL. (Sharpe, 1881), 6670 longicaudata, of the Khasia Hills and other hills of India. It is 44 inches long, the wing and tail each about 2 inches, and of dark-olive and rusty-brown coloration, varied in some parts with whitish streaks. Uroci a (u-ro-sis'a), n. [NL. (Cabanis, 1850), Gr. ούρα, κίσσα, the magpie.] A genus of Asiatic Corvid a, with very long and much graduated tail, like a magpie's, the central feathers long-exserted, the wings short, the head crestle and without wattles, and the bill stout. Four species range from the Him a lay an region into Burma, Siam, and China: U. occipital is, U. magniros tris, U. erythrorhyncha (the red-billed jay and blackheaded roller of Latham, with a coralline beak), and U. flavirostris (yellow-billed); a fifth, U. cærule a, inhabits Formosa. They are large handsome jays, 20 to 24 inches long, of which the tail is a foot or more. Blue is the leading color. See cut in preceding column. Urocyon (u-ros'i-on), n. [NL. (S. F. Baird, 1857), IMG:content-1631.png:[blocks in formation] urocystis (u-ro-sis'tis), n.; pl. urocystes (-tez). [NL.: see urocyst.] 1. Same as urocyst.-2. [ cap.] A genus of ustilagineous fungi, containing several very destructive species, as U. Ce pulæ, the smut of onions, U. pomp holy go des on Ranunculaceæ, etc. See onion-smut. Urodela (u-rō-dēʻlä), n. pl. [NL. (orig. F. pl. urodèles, Duméril), neut. pl. of * urodelus: see urodele.] An order of Amphibia; the tailed amphibians; the ichthyomorphic amphibians. which retain the tail throughout life, as distinguished from the Anura, or taille batrachians. They have a naked skin, and may or may not retain gills as well as tail, being thus either perennibranch i ate or caducibranchiate. The salamanders, sirens, efts, newts, tritons, etc., are urodele. Equivalent names are Caudata, Ichthy omorpha, Sau rob at rach i a. See cuts under axolotl, hell bender, Me no branch us, newt, Proteus, salamander, Sala [ urodele + mandra, and Spelerpes. urodelan (u-ro-deʻlan), a. and n. -an.] Same as urodele. urodele (u'rō-dēl), a. and n. [