AVES

(Lat.), n. f., pl. of avis @ v.).. Gen, avium. Fr., oiseaux, Ger., Vögel. It., uccelli, augelli. Sp., aves, pdjaros, A ‘cla of vertebrate animals consisting of the birds} warm-blooded oviparous, incubating, feathered animals having four limhs, the poster lor pair adapted to terrestrial locomotion, and the anterior developed in the form of wings; the cranium destitute of sutures; the cervical vertebree from 10 to 23 in number; the alimentary canal comurisine an œsophagus, a cap a membranous stomach, a gizzard, an intestinal canal, and a cloaca com- A3v-usrt"- O, no; 0%, not; O*, whole; Th, thin; Th, the; U4, like 00 in too; U?, blue; U*, lull; U4, full; US, urn; U®, like ii (German). mon to the aipeaive and arinary apertures; the brain and nervous system largely developed; and a double circulation. The A. are divided by Cuvier into oiscawe de praie (the rapaces of Duméril), pa er eaux, grimpeurs, gallinacés, écha iers, and palmipèdes; by Blumenbach into Accipitres, Levirostres, Pici, Ceraces, Pa ères, Gallinæ, Strut hi ones, Grallæ, and Anseres; by Vigers into Raptores, In se ores, Rasores, Grallatores, and Nat a to res; by Owen into Nat a to res, Grallatores, Rasores, Can to res, Vol i to res, Scan sores, and Raptores; by Huxley into Saururæ, Ratidæ, and Carinate; and by Kirby, whose cla ification is most commonly accepted, into Nat a to res, Grallatores, Cursores, Rasores, Scan sores, In se ores, Raptores, and Saurure. [A, 3273 L, 14, 147, 208.]—A. aereæ. Of ‘Mecrem, birds that fly much of the time, as op to those that frequent the ground and the water. [L, 121. altrices. Birds which are naked, blind, and helple when hat and fora time dependent upon their parents for food. [L, 14. aquatic. Ger., Wa ervégel. Of Merrem, the water-birds. [L, 121.]- car in atæ. See CAR IN ATÆ. » eypri See AVICULÆ cypriw.—A. erraticze. Wandering birds. [L, 147.]—A. maneutes. Birds which remain in one neighborhood, as op to migratory birds. [L, 147.|—A. migrator iæ. Migratory birds. [L, 147.]—A. palustres. Of , birds that inhabit marshy places. (L, 121.] —A. præcoces. See AUTOPHAGI.—A. ratitie. See Ratit#.—A. terrestres. Ger., Erdvôgel. Of Merrem, birds that spend most of their time on the ground (e. g., the gallinaceous birds). [L, 121.]